Expense Accountant
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Support Cash Operations and expenses accounting team ensuring compliance with US GAAP and internal Controls.
- Full ownership of the expense allocation processes, analysis, and reporting.
- Prepare monthly, quarter, and year-end reports and analysis.
- Analyze and reconcile general ledger balances and transactions.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual expenses accounting deliverables.
- Assist with ERP system upgrade and implementation.
- Special projects as requested.
- Maintain and improve processes and controls.
- Work and maintain a positive relationship with expenses accounting team including the source team.
- Partner the Controllers, FP&A, and other stakeholders as needed.
- Serve as the back up to the head of expenses accounting and other member of the Operating expenses accounting team.
The Minimum Qualifications
- Accounting degree
- 6+ years of related accounting experience
The Ideal Qualifications
- 8+ year of progressive accounting experience in a variety of expense roles
- Demonstrated experience applying GAAP and Statutory accounting practices.
- Prior experience with offshore, sourced team members.
- Ability to influence others using expert knowledge, effective communications and demonstrated results.
- Experience writing accounting memorandums, business processes or standard work.
- Experience with data query tools like SAP Business Warehouse, Analysis for Office, Hyperion, or similar tools
- Strong computer aptitude, which includes expertise with Microsoft Excel and Word as well as SAP S4H.
- SAP S4 Hana with SAC and AO experience
- Previous experience summarizing and presenting accounting results to senior leadership.
- Ability to create and evolve new processes.
- Prior experience advising and teaching accounting concepts and processes to non-accounting business partners.
- Prior leadership experience.
- Demonstrated experience applying GAAP and Statutory accounting practices.
- Experience with data query tools like SAP Business Warehouse, Analysis for Office, Hyperion, or similar tools
- Hands on experience creating and supporting journal entries, reconciling accounts, and working with accounting controls.
- Previous experience with month-end, quarter close and year end accounting cycles.
- Ability to interact with all levels within an organization.
The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
