Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or related field
• 4 years’ experience in accounting, tax, finance (public or private) or relevant experience
• Demonstrated understanding of intermediate GAAP concepts and financial controls (to apply this knowledge to the design and execution of activities within the respective area)
• Advanced skills in MS office programs (Excel, Word, Access)

Responsibilities

• Execute financial activities in a timely and efficient manner, with a focus on activities that require applying practiced knowledge of moderately complex systems, business processes, and GAAP principles to unique situations.
• Prepare and evaluate reports to ensure accuracy of financial reporting and analysis.
• Perform analysis (i.e. historical, forecasting, impact, etc.) and reconciliations to support monthly, quarterly and annual closing cycles according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations.
• Review reports, analysis and reconciliations prepared by Accountants to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting and analysis.
• Research various financial activities to identify moderately complex issues, explaining findings to principal accountants, managers, and directors to determine resolution.
• Manage small projects/initiatives and/or participates in broader projects, working with and directing teams within a finance function to deliver the best solutions to financial issues.
• Maintain appropriate supporting documents, provisions, and other details for accounting transactions and entries.
• Communicate effectively within the team, across other functions, and with external parties to ensure alignment.
• Partner with team and the business in order to identify transaction issues and procedure improvement opportunities to more-effectively support the needs of the Finance organization.
• At times mentor and train accountants in the development of moderately complex skills, knowledge of key principles, regulations, etc.
• Work with external (regulatory and third party) and independent auditors for transactions and alignment to provide required data and information to ensure accuracy.
• Execute testing around financial controls to provide documentation and support for SOX compliance in respective financial area.
• Complete monthly journal entries and reconciliations related to cash, investments, debt, and/or self-insurance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or related field
• Lowe’s accounting or finance experience
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and multi-dimensional databases, such as Hyperion
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) CPA or CPA candidate