Senior Accountant
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Job Location:
Deerfield, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Senior Accountant plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting maintaining internal controls and supporting key accounting functions. This position is responsible for compiling financial information processing journal entries reconciling accounts and analyzing financial data. The Senior Accountant may support one or multiple business units and must possess strong technical accounting skills attention to detail and the ability to work cross-functionally within the organization.
Position location: Deerfield IL - Hybrid (Flexibility to work from home Mondays and Fridays)
RESPONSIBLIITIES:
What you will be doing
- Execute month-end and year-end close activities including preparation of journal entries and financial reconciliations.
- Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts in accordance with GAAP.
- Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting including balance sheet and income statement preparation.
- Analyze financial data and provide insights to support decision-making.
- Manage key accounting functions such as cost accounting cash activities accounts payable prepaid expenses and various accruals.
- Perform intercompany reconciliations and eliminations as needed.
- Assist with corporate reporting requirements and external audit requests.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to support financial planning budgeting and forecasting efforts.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation to enhance efficiency.
- Stay up to date on relevant accounting standards and regulatory changes
Qualifications :
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting Finance or related field required.
- 5 years of experience in finance accounting or related field required. 7 years of experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel.
- Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:CPA certification or CPA eligibility is a plus.
- Experience in public accounting and/or working in a large corporation.
- Familiarity with large ERP systems preferably Oracle.
- Experience with cost accounting.
- Experience reconciling daily cash activities.
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: $70000 USD - $110000 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 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 adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.
Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more visit our website at .
Equal Employment Opportunity
Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability/handicap status marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have ... View more
