Sr. Accountant

at  Robert Half

If you’re an experienced Senior Accountant, Robert Half needs your professional know-how and leadership for an exciting long-term contract / temporary opportunity. As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for financial statement preparation and consolidation, account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This Senior Accountant opening is located in the Jamaica, New York area and will offer you great experience, strong compensation, and an attractive benefits package. The ideal Senior Accountant will be someone seeking to succeed in a challenging environment and who has demonstrated success doing so before. Apply today!

Your responsibilities in this role

• Operate with business partners to create compliance with corporate accounting policies, procedures and controls and provide support on special requests
• Assemble monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting
• Create analysis on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks)
• Execute monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP
• Assist in coordinating quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors
• Participate in various initiatives spanning multiple departments
• Complete other projects as required
• Continually improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process
• Prepare reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts
• Solid understanding of QuickBooks
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel
• ADP - Payroll experience required
• Proficient at analyzing financial data and promptly creating accurate reports
• Dedication and requisite skills to meet critical business deadlines
• BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are highly desired
• Self-starter and strong ethical standards
• Knowledgeable of ERP systems
• A candidate with financial reporting systems proficiency will be the best fit for this position
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Minimum 5-7 years of overall general accounting experience
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment
• Skilled in analytical, quantitative and social skills
• Demonstrated skills in interacting effectively, both verbally and in writing, with functional managers
• Understanding of corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence systems required
• SOX internal control assessments (Section 404) experience

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• Operate with business partners to create compliance with corporate accounting policies, procedures and controls and provide support on special requests
• Assemble monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting
• Create analysis on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks)
• Execute monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP
• Assist in coordinating quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors
• Participate in various initiatives spanning multiple departments
• Complete other projects as required
• Continually improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process
• Prepare reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts
• Solid understanding of QuickBooks
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel
• ADP - Payroll experience required
• Proficient at analyzing financial data and promptly creating accurate reports
• Dedication and requisite skills to meet critical business deadlines
• BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are highly desired
• Self-starter and strong ethical standards
• Knowledgeable of ERP systems
• A candidate with financial reporting systems proficiency will be the best fit for this position
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Minimum 5-7 years of overall general accounting experience
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment
• Skilled in analytical, quantitative and social skills
• Demonstrated skills in interacting effectively, both verbally and in writing, with functional managers
• Understanding of corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence systems required
• SOX internal control assessments (Section 404) experienc