As a Senior Accountant, you will maintain financial records and ensure that financial transactions are properly recorded. You will maintain the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconcile subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger. You will prepare complex balance sheets, profit and loss statements and other financial reports. You will analyze current costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses. You may guide lower-level accountants.
Responsibilities:
Prepares journal entries, analyzes accounts, prepares statements, and assists accounting manager with monthly closing and accounting reports.
Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries for accounts, including general ledger and document business transactions.
Maintains and coordinates implementation of accounting and control procedures.
Resolves and corrects billing, inventory, costing, and other accounting discrepancies.
Prepares documentation of processes and procedures and recommends improvements.
Prepares general ledger account reconciliations.
Researches and explains general ledger account variances to trend, budget, and prior year.
Monitors and reviews accounting and related systems reports for accuracy and completeness.
Prepares and reviews budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.
Analyzes revenue and expenditure trends and recommends appropriate budget levels, and ensures expenditure control.
Explains accounting policies to staff.
Recommends, develops, and maintains financial databases, software, and manual filing systems.
Supervises input and handling of financial data and reports for company automated financial systems.
Interacts with internal and external auditors in completing audits.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required
3 years required, 5 years preferred, of accounting experience
Accounting theory, and application of principles and practices
Principles and practices of financial record keeping and reporting
Analysis and interpretation of complex financial and statistical data
Assembly and preparation of data for reports
Strong office and computer skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Able to prepare, examine, and verify financial reports
Able to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
Able to research and analyze varieties of information
Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (Wesco) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
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