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Job Description
Join our dynamic team as an Accountant where youll play a pivotal role in month- quarter- and year-end closing processes including financial statement preparation and consolidation. Lead newly acquired companies in aligning with GAAP and SOX compliance while managing transactions and balance sheet accounts with precision. As a key liaison across departments youll drive financial initiatives and support audits ensuring accurate reporting and strategic insights for our global organization.
Position location: Deerfield IL- Hybrid (On-site Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays)
RESPONSIBLIITIES:
What you will be doing
- Participation in month- quarter- and year-end closing processes including journal preparation intracompany reconciliations profit center accounting analyses various ad-hoc analyses quarterly reporting schedules and consolidations.
- Prepare various Financial Statements in BPC for submission to FBIN headquarters for various US and foreign entities. Serve as a lead in overall consolidation.
- Lead newly acquired companies in adapting corporate policies and procedures in compliance with GAAP and SOX
- Establish account mapping for new acquisitions and coordinate opening balance sheet accounting.
- Manage all related transactions associated with the divisions casualty accrual and property insurance premiums and tracking. Serve as a liaison with our quality department on root cause analytics.
- Manage various transactions with intercompany entities..
- Research and assist in implementation of new GAAP guidance to various internal entities.
- Reconcile various Balance Sheet Accounts and report on variance fluctuations.
- Report and reconcile final financial results to various levels of the organization.
- Ensure proper reporting of various foreign currency variances for foreign subsidiaries.
- Serve as financial lead for various cross departmental projects and system implementations for newly acquired business.
- Assist in the preparation and analysis of schedules for internal and external audits.
Qualifications :
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in finance or accounting required.
- 2-5 years of experience in finance accounting or related field required.
- Must be flexible self-confident and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
- Strong PC and Excel skills required.
- Must be a results-oriented energetic proactive effective communicator and team player with the ability to think conceptually and strategically.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- CPA certification preferred.
- MBA or masters degree a plus.
- Knowledge of SAP BPC Business Warehouse and Blackline a plus.
- Manage the fixed asset process for most of the North American water entities as well as serving as a liaison for all entities during month end close.
- Ensure that the monthly PPE process including all relevant internal controls are properly followed and work with relevant departments and plants to ensure compliance.
Additional Information :
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $56000 USD - $84700 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell Therma-Tru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN
Equal Employment Opportunity:
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations:
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.
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