Sr. Accountant

Ref ID: 05210-0012445350

Classification: Sr. Accountant

Compensation: DOE

If you're an experienced Senior Accountant, Robert Half needs your professional know-how and leadership for an exciting long-term contract / temporary opportunity in the Hi Tech industry. Operating as a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for financial statement preparation and consolidation, account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This Senior Accountant position offers you great experience and a strong compensation and benefits package and is based in the Waterloo, Ontario area. If you are looking for a rewarding, career building experience with an exciting company, apply today!

Key responsibilities

- Achieve compliance with corporate accounting policies and procedures and controls by working with business partners

- Review financial results (benchmarks, trends, performance metrics)

- Be a part of various department-wide initiatives

- Constantly improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process

- Assemble monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting

- Formulate Balance Sheet account reconciliations

- Coordinate quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors

- Carry out monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP

- Other projects as necessary

Job Requirements:
- Competence with financial data analysis and report generation that is prompt and accurate

- This position needs to be filled by someone with financial reporting systems proficiency

- Demonstrated ability in strong analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Proficient in ERP systems

- Ability to prioritize work and balance multiple projects and deadlines

- BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are highly desired

- SOX internal control assessments (Section 404) experience

- Excellent organizational and multitasking skills

- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, high pressure environment, to prioritize deals and adapt to quick changes while remaining diligent

- Adeptness in month end closings

- General familiarity with Accrual Accounting

- General Journal experience preferred

- Expertise in Account Balance

- Journal Entry experience

- Practical knowledge of financial analysis

- Demonstrated knowledge of GAAP Accounting

- Comprehensive knowledge of account analysis

- Strong familiarity with Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Understanding of corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence systems required

- Self-driven motivator who takes initiative on projects with a strong ability to understand and solve creative challenges

- 5+ years of overall general accounting experience

- Ability to work well with functional department managers

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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