SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Robert Half is currently seeking a Sr. Accountant to join our team on a consulting basis in the Syracuse, NY area. Enhance your career and your knowledge by working with a growing company. This is a permanent opportunity to assist clients in a consulting capacity.

Your responsibilities

- Prepare reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts

- Prepare monthly consolidated P&L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting

- Implement monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP

- Build analysis on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks)

- Ad-hoc projects as necessary

- Realize compliance with corporate accounting policies and procedures and controls by working with business partners

- Arrange quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors

Requirements

- 5+ years of overall general accounting experience including account reconciliations, general ledger, and financial statement preparation

- BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are highly desired

- Demonstrated skills in interacting effectively, both verbally and in writing, with functional managers

- Skilled with ERP systems

- Ability to work well in matrix organization and dealing with ambiguity

- Highly capable of analyzing financial data and creating accurate reports

- SOX internal control assessments (Section 404) experience