Senior Accountant

156247 | Contract

The strong Senior Accountant has extensive experience in the accounting and finance functions. Expertise includes managing month-end-close of multiple sites, revenue recognition, fixed assets, inventory assessments, budgets, forecasting, reconciliations, general ledger management, implementation and test validation, audits, financial reporting, streamlining, variance analysis and capital expenditures planning. Systems experience includes Oracle/PeopleSoft, Great Plains and Lawson accounting systems, Hyperion Essbase and Cypress reporting tools.

Additional qualifications include:

  • Prepared properties budget of $14 million and monthly allocations to 20+ business units and external tenants
  • Managed centralizing and streamlining accounting processes and reporting
  • Managed SOX internal control testing, documentation and evaluation
  • Implemented PeopleSoft automated reconciliation module for the accounts payable cash accounts, ensuring more accurate escheatment preparation and reporting
  • Investigated and cleared $200 million of payroll tax liability variances
  • Investigated and cleared $2 billion of intercompany general ledger differences between the FSC and 60+ business units after converting to the PeopleSoft general ledger system
  • Managed month-end close, revenue recognition, personal property tax, fixed assets and financial reporting
  • Managed accounting staff of seven
Skills: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations, Essbase, Excel – Basic, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Hyperion, Investments, Journal Entry Preparation, Microsoft Office, Payroll Processing, PeopleSoft, SQL
Skills: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations, Essbase, Excel – Basic, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Hyperion, Investments, Journal Entry Preparation, Microsoft Office, Payroll Processing, PeopleSoft, SQL