Senior Financial Reporting Accountant Fortune – Atlanta

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Prepare accurate reporting and filing of annual, quarterly, and other periodic financial reports (primarily on Forms 10-K and 10-Q).
• Develop and manage SEC filings related to XBRL reporting
• Support the annual audits, quarterly reviews and other reports by external auditors.
• Calculate and book journals in HFM for the Intercompany profit elimination journals for inter-company acquired inventory as part of the monthly financial close process.
• Build relationships with different functions within the Client Business including sales, manufacturing, pricing and tax teams in order to understand the transfer pricing process and its objectives.
• Perform the distributor elimination journals for all regional distributor locations worldwide and post the journal in HFM.
• Assist external auditors and internal auditors with their reviews of the financial consolidations processes.
• Strive for continuous improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of all day to day processes to make them more time efficient and to improve accuracy and quality.
• Cross train with other consolidations team member to learn their roles & functions to be able to back them up in the event of emergencies.
• Assist in any other special projects as requested such as new accounting standard implementation and technical accounting topic documentation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and required hours for CPA certification
• 2-4 years of experience in financial reporting or auditing public companies
• CPA or CPA candidate
• Strong ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal, with all levels of management
• Experience with technical accounting topics
• Experience with international consolidation accounting, interaction/ presentations with senior management and audit experience.
• Experience in US GAAP accounting and reporting
• MS Windows (Excel) advanced user
• Ability to use a variety of software programs and tools to analyze and work with large data sets and accomplish tasks efficiently
• Strong analytical skills, ability to research issues in complex accounting structure to resolve problems;
  Detail oriented, yet able to identify issues and grasp concepts at broader level
• Must be a highly motivated individual with the ability to work with a variety of individuals in both team and self-directed environments
• Ability to work within defined time constraints and within deadlines during month end financial close.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with international consolidation accounting, interaction/ presentations with senior management and audit experience.
• Prior experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and Smartview tools.