Senior Accountant, Inventory Accounting

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Youll be joining the North America Controlling team a group thats collaborative diverse and passionate about making an impact. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Inventory Accounting and collaborating closely with teams across Global and NA Controlling Finance Operations and Planning youll help ensure monthly and quarterly close activities run smoothly and that our financial statements are accurate and reliable. Youll partner with Finance Governance & Controls to improve best practices and strengthen the Inventory Accounting control environment. Youll also collaborate with external auditors to meet interim and year-end audit requirements making sure everything is compliant and on track.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Were seeking a Senior Accountant to join NIKEs North America Inventory Accounting teama role that drives accuracy compliance and operational excellence. Youll play a key role in the monthly and quarterly close processes for the North America Geography and serve as a trusted business partner. Were seeking a proactive highly organized individual who will support initiatives to execute and improve processes controls and policies. You thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment bringing strong problem-solving skills and a mindset rooted in continuous improvement.

• Bachelors degree in accounting finance or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in public accounting corporate accounting technical accounting or operational excellence within a large complex multinational corporation and/or Public Accounting firm.
• Understanding and experience with US GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Proficiency with SAP ERP Excel PowerPoint Word and SharePoint systems is a plus.
• Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships across teams functions and layers preferably within a large complex corporation.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and managing multiple competing priorities and requests while maintaining high standards for quality and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate status issues and risks with senior leadership.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Your work will directly contribute to informed business decisions process excellence robust financial controls and the accuracy of financial statements related to NA Inventory and Supply Chain. While mastering and executing the fundamentals will be critical your ability to operate in a dynamic environment work effectively and build trust with a variety of internal stakeholders will also be crucial. Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring timely and accurate month-end close processes including preparing journal entries reporting and analytic reviews data to help inform managements decisions
• Ensure policy and process governance with controls.
• Supporting key Controlling initiatives including new system implementations projects process improvements and standardization.
• Drive continuous improvement through collaboration with our managed service provider finance and business partners to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness of accounting processes and financial reporting.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.