Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing complex general ledger accounting activities, supporting the company’s month-end close procedures, and ensuring financial records and statements are in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and month-end reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance with U.S. GAAP
- Prepare and process journal entries and account reconciliations as part of the company’s month-end close procedures
- Analyze month-over-month variances and assist in analyzing performance variances; communicate findings clearly to management
- Support the periodic evaluation, implementation, and deployment of financial systems used by the Company
- Support daily accounting operations across the general ledger and other assigned areas
- Serve as a backup for various accounting functions as needed to ensure continuity of operations
- Respond in a timely manner to all forms of inquiries from internal and external customers or suppliers
- Resolve issues arising from actions or events involving administrative functions
- Support financial audit activities by gathering and organizing supporting documentation and liaising with auditors as needed
- Maintain, update, and improve process flow documentation and policies and procedures supporting the assigned areas
- Identify inefficiencies and drive process improvement and automation initiatives; document workflows, evaluate controls, and leverage technology to reduce manual effort and drive sustainable change
- Assist with month-end close procedures, ensuring all assigned tasks are completed accurately and on time
- Assist with other duties and special projects as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
- 3–5 years of related accounting experience required
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel required
- Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting
- Proficiency with internal control concepts
- Experience collaborating with external auditors
- Organized with extreme attention to detail and deadlines; ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment
- Judgment to plan, prioritize, and accomplish goals; ability to think ahead and be proactive
- Able to manage multiple concurrent projects; meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, and stays focused under pressure
- Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing; creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, and has good listening skills
- Tackles problems and takes independent action; seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, and practices self-development
- Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner; is accountable for actions, supports Company values, and conveys both good news and bad
- Meets all team and individual deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values options, helps meet goals and promotes a team atmosphere
- Ability to adapt approach to the situation, work through conflicts, gain trust, and persuasively influence outcomes
- Ability to solve problems, take ownership of workstream tasks, and deliver results
- Maintains extreme confidentiality, both internally and externally, with all matters
- Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions; asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present; adapts to new environments and changing requirements; pivots quickly as needed
- When coached, responds to need and seeks information from other sources; shows commitment and dedication to shrink the learning curve
- Demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements and automation; able to document workflows, evaluate controls, leverage technology to reduce manual effort, and drive sustainable change across accounting operations
- Experience supporting internal and/or external audit processes; familiar with audit request management, documentation standards, and working effectively with auditors
- Flexibility to work overtime during busy periods such as month-end, quarter-end, year-end close, and during audits
- Must be able to participate in virtual meetings with audio and video capability; accommodations available upon request
- Comfortable working with dual monitors; experience with a dual monitor setup preferred. Equipment can be provided for qualified candidates
- Ability to travel to Tampa Headquarters and other meeting locations occasionally
- CPA or actively pursuing CPA
- Workday Financials experience strongly preferred
- Experience with a professional services organization a plus
- Experience with private equity backed organization a plus
- Experience with a middle market organization preferred
Benefits
- This is a Remote based role
- Equipment can be provided for qualified candidates
- Ability to travel to Tampa Headquarters and other meeting locations occasionally
- Flexible and balanced environment with opportunity to work remotely
- Some travel annually for Internal Service Delivery roles including in-person training, team meet-ups, and strategy meetings
- Travel based on business and client needs
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