Senior Accountant

151780 | Contract

This Senior Accountant/CPA has been a consultant for 10+ years focused on performing the month-end close and cost accounting processes. Expertise includes account reconciliation clean-up, journal entry preparation, variance analysis and contributing to the financial reporting process. Experience includes large multi-national organizations in the distribution, manufacturing and oil industries. Work ethic includes excellent inter-personal skills and a demonstrated track record of quality work. Systems experience includes JD Edwards, SAP, SAGE MAS 90, Oracle and Microsoft Office.

Additional qualifications include:

  • Strong with the month-end close process posting journal entries, performing reconciliations and performing account variance analysis
  • Investigated and cleaned up accounts related to AP and Payroll across disparate systems to ensure that the accounts were accurately stated
  • Reconciled payroll and benefits accounts, posted journal entries and standardized processes; Accounts included employee salary, garnishments, 401k and stock options
  • Calculated accruals and prepaids
  • Managed the standard costing process which included developing a bill of materials and researching and analyzing all variances
  • Performed intercompany reconciliation and journal entry posts
  • Participated in the budgeting, reporting and FP&A process
  • Prepared financial statement support and notes necessary for reporting
Skills: Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Accruals ADP AS400 Balance Sheet Bank Reconciliations Billing Budgeting & Forecasting Cobra Cost Accounting - Standard Cost Analysis Delta Excel - Advanced Excel - Basic Excel - Intermediate Expenses Financial Analysis Financial Reporting Fixed Assets GAAP General Ledger Income Statement Intercompany Accounting Inventory J.D. Edwards Journal Entry Preparation Management Experience Microsoft Access Microsoft Word Month End Close Oracle Payroll Processing PeachTree SAP SOX Year End Close
Skills: Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Accruals ADP AS400 Balance Sheet Bank Reconciliations Billing Budgeting & Forecasting Cobra Cost Accounting - Standard Cost Analysis Delta Excel - Advanced Excel - Basic Excel - Intermediate Expenses Financial Analysis Financial Reporting Fixed Assets GAAP General Ledger Income Statement Intercompany Accounting Inventory J.D. Edwards Journal Entry Preparation Management Experience Microsoft Access Microsoft Word Month End Close Oracle Payroll Processing PeachTree SAP SOX Year End Close