Job Description
Job Description
Job Description 10071
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Our client is seeking a highly motivated Senior Accountant to join their Accounting Department. The position provides hands-on experience with a public company and excellent exposure to manufacturing and financial services. You will report directly to the CFO and enjoy considerable visibility within the finance organization.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Prepare journal entries and reconcile general ledger accounts
• Perform bank and other financial account reconciliations
• Prepare documentation regarding financial transactions and summarize financial results for management
• Ensure accounting and reporting practices, including documentation, are performed in accordance with GAAP
• Assist with month-end and quarter-end close procedures including account reconciliations
• Manage certain treasury and banking activities including incoming and outgoing payments, ACH transactions and positive pay
• Respond to requests from key business partners and external and internal auditors
• Support automation efforts to help drive efficiencies, enhanced controls, and/or improved accuracy and quality of deliverables
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and reports to management
• Prepare internal and external financial and management reporting
• Perform other functions as needed
Qualifications & Skills
Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Advanced Excel skills (vlookup and pivot tables) and adept with computers and technology
• 3+ years of experience in public accounting OR 3+ years of experience in corporate accounting, financial reporting, audit, or finance
Preferred
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
• Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains (GP) experience or experience with comparable ERP system(s)
• Experience working in a public company accounting environment
• Experience with consumer or wholesale lending, manufacturing, or inventory and related processes
• Able to identify issues and solve problems
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and organizational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Team player with an great attitude
Company DescriptionThomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We’ve been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the “Best Places to Work” multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.
Company Description
Thomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We’ve been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the “Best Places to Work” multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.