Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

Description

OBJECTIVE

As Senior Financial Reporting Accountant at Century you are responsible for the preparation of monthly closing journal entries, monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, the issuance of monthly gross margin reports and other management reporting. This position will actively participate in the rollout of new internal control procedures, documentation of processes and streamlining processes to strengthen the infrastructure so the business can scale its operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:

• Responsible for the preparation of the monthly financial closing journal entries to include standard accruals, payroll, depreciation, prepaid amortization, and other miscellaneous entries for North American Century Companies and the generation of the monthly financial statements. 
• Reconciliations of general ledger accounts for North American Century Companies. 
• Responsible for creating and maintaining general ledger accounts for financial record and reporting. 
• Preparation of North America Century Companies monthly gross margin reports.
• Generate accrual files and review for proper recognition of revenue/expense based on GAAP.
• Performs monthly accounting systems integrations for consolidation.
• Preparation of the Quarterly GST/HST tax return for Century Canada.
• Prepare the Quarterly Ohio CAT return
• Prepare the annual Property Tax Return and Henrico County Business License filing.
• Generating monthly financial consolidated statements for high volume mid-tier international company.

OTHER DUTIES: 

• Assist in the documentation of accounting processes through Internal Control Narratives.
• Identify and implement process improvements to gain efficiency in the accounting department.
• Assistance with preparation of financial footnotes and support for audit requests.
• Support the Manager, Financial Reporting with various accounting projects, reconciliations and other projects that may be assigned.
• Other Ad hoc financial reports and analysis.
• Help to cover others on the team during peak times, sick or vacation.

Requirements

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIRED:

• B.S. in Accounting or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Public Accounting or experience working in Financial Reporting.
• CPA preferred or is in the process of getting this completed.
• Proficient EXCEL skills with advanced commands skills including PIVOT tables, LOOKUPS and IF commands.
• Critical thinking skills and attention to detail is a must.
• Strong technical aptitude.
• Self-starter that takes initiative and follows directions.
• Organized and can manage workflow in a non-structured environment.
• Timely/executes to schedule.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP not required but would be a plus.
• Strong sense of judgment to raise issues to Controller when necessary.
• Demonstrates teamwork skills.
• Ability to work extended hours when required.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. 
• The employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; on occasion may need to climb or balance; and stoop, or kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• The noise level in the work environment and job sites is usually low, applicable to a business office.  

C-TPAT

Century is committed to the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. Century will take all the necessary steps to implement and enhance security throughout our global supply chain. All employees are required to immediately report any anomalies to the Century USA and Asia C-TPAT contacts.

The above is a description of the current essential functions and duties and responsibilities of your position. This document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. At the Company’s discretion, these essential functions, duties and responsibilities may be modified in the future to meet the business needs of the Company.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.