Senior Finance Analyst (Accountant)

Job title: Senior Finance Analyst (Accountant)

Job description: GENERAL SUMMARY:

This position will report to the Director of Operations Finance and work closely with cross-functional colleagues to accurately prepare, analyze and validate financial data/information in accordance with an established monthly reporting schedule.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Lead SG&A annual budget and forecast, analyze monthly activity and variances to budget and forecast
• Lead capital approval process by working closely with Operations Directors and Site Leaders.
• Prepare annual capital budget and cash flow.
• Prepare insurance renewal schedules and allocate insurance related costs
• Complete monthly and annual Government reporting for manufacturing and bog sites
• Responsible for monthly reporting and analysis.
• Prepare and record financial transactions via journal entries including accruals and recurring entries
• Reconcile general ledger accounts to support financial statements
• Have an understanding of multi-currency and multi-company accounting
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and procedures
• Prepare financial management reports as requested
• Comply with relevant laws and regulations and ensure the integrity of financial data
• Meet all financial reporting deadline
• Coordinate/manage the company work efforts with Internal Audit, as required, when audits are being conducted.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Be a positive, contributing team member.
• Ability to meet tight closing deadlines.
• Must be highly organized, accurate and detail oriented.
• Have excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products. Advanced knowledge of Excel required (advanced formulas, pivot tables, filters).
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily supervision.
• Ability to work cooperatively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies.
• Contributes to an environment that fosters process improvement and challenges status quo to eliminate non-value-added work.
• Strong Fact-based Decision Making skills – supports decisions with data and uses data to solve problems.
• Ability to Establish Plans – set clear, measurable goals, anticipating roadblocks and adjusts for problems, can accurate assess the length and difficulty of tasks.
• Change Champion – able to communicate changes, remove obstacles and understand who needs to be involved in driving changes.
• Strong execution skills – can provide support without removing responsibility, monitors progress to ensure achievement of goals, coordinate with other work groups.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• Strong understanding of accounting theory (multi-currency experience is a plus)
• CPA/MBA preferred

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years accounting/finance experience required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize workloads and be proactive
• Some travel required

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