Senior Accountant
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Job Location:
Cincinnati, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Summary:
Outstanding chance to become a Senior Accountant at Thermo Fisher Scientific Cincinnati! You will support the site with Financial Accounting and Management Reporting responsibilities. This position will report to the Cincinnati Finance Director with matrix report into North America Controller.
Job Duties:
- Prepare and review month-end tasks journal entries balance sheet account reconciliations and financial reporting deliverables to Corporate shared amongst the Cincinnati Controllership team; perform cost or accounting analysis as needed.
- Review intercompany charges from Corporate and other Thermo Fisher entities to validate accuracy GL coding and appropriate cost allocation between various profit centers.
- Support the AP and AR teams by addressing blocking issues and resolving internal customer concerns.
- Collaborate with Engineering to close out Assets under Construction review impairments and record capital asset requisitions accurately.
- Partner with the Financial Planning & Analysis team to investigate and provide insights on monthly variances between actuals and budgeted/forecasted amounts for various cost centers.
- Ensure continued compliance with accounting policies and internal controls while seeking opportunities for improvement.
- Provide support with internal and external audit requests including tax-related matters.
- Analyze engage drive insights and make recommendations to improve process efficiency and potentially deliver savings to the Profit and Loss statement (P&L).
- Drive Financial Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement projects by leading or motivating change.
- Liaise with the NA Controller and Technical Accounting Team to implement accounting policy changes.
- Help with root cause analysis and implement solutions to address control gaps.
Accounts Payable:
- Review and resolve vendor invoice-related issues monitor aged payables to prompt timely resolution and improve Paid on Time metrics.
- Present AP metrics to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) monthly recommending action steps to remediate issues.
- Act as Catalyst Super User (web-based invoice management system) and provide training and support to site employees.
Accounts Receivable:
- Review the quarterly bad debt reserve for Cincinnati calculated by Corporate and solicit recommendations for any specific reserves from the Commercial Finance team as needed.
- Manage credit and rebill process approve credit memos and manual invoices monitor RFT billing for error trends suggest operational improvements.
- Ensure any identified client billing backlog is appropriately investigated and actioned by the Business Management / Project Management team on a timely basis.
Required qualifications
Education:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Accounting or Finance designation.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3-5 years accounting experience required.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accounting Software
- Account Analysis
- GAAP
- Journal Entries
- QuickBooks
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- NetSuite
About Company
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