Accountant II

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The Accountant II role is primarily responsible for technology and fixed asset accounting, including tracking Capital in Progress, allocating capital expenditures to specific projects, evaluating operating expense versus capital expenditure treatment and allocation rates, reconciling vendor transactions and project costs, adding completed assets in the ERP, and running and reconciling depreciation and amortization. The role also supports monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting and financial reporting for North America and EMEA legal entities through journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and end-to-end intercompany accounting, including settlements and elimination support.

Additional responsibilities include supporting state and local sales and use tax and European VAT compliance, maintaining audit-ready documentation, completing assigned SOX control activities, and preparing PBC schedules and other support for internal and external audits.

• Perform technology and fixed asset accounting, including tracking Capital in Progress (CIP) and allocating capital expenditures to specific projects.
• Review vendor transactions and reconcile vendor amounts to project records and the general ledger.
• Determine and document appropriate operating expense versus capital expenditure allocation rates in accordance with company policy.
• Maintain project and fixed asset records.
• Add completed fixed assets in the ERP system and place assets into service.
• Run and reconcile depreciation and amortization schedules.
• Prepare asset transfers, disposals, and impairment entries.
• Maintain audit-ready supporting documentation for fixed asset activities.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual general ledger and financial statement reporting.
• Record journal entries and prepare financial and supplementary reporting for leadership.
• Manage end-to-end accounting for intercompany transactions across North America and EMEA legal entities, including recording, reconciling, investigating variances, coordinating settlements, and supporting elimination entries.
• Support audit activities, including preparation of PBC schedules and supporting documentation.
• Assist with audit walkthroughs and respond to annual, interim, internal, and external audit requests.
• Support annual bank audits, inventory audits, and internal SOX testing.
• Prepare assigned balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations.
• Investigate reconciling items, prepare necessary adjustments, and maintain supporting documentation.
• Support state and local sales and use tax compliance activities.
• Assist with European VAT activities, including reconciliations, filing support, variance research, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external tax advisors.
• Share accounting knowledge and provide task-level guidance to team members as needed.
• Support ad hoc projects and perform other accounting duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience.
• 2 or more years of corporate accounting or financial reporting experience; multi-entity, multi-currency, subledger, and general ledger experience preferred.
• Experience with fixed assets, capital projects, software capitalization, intercompany accounting, and reconciliations.
• Sales/use tax and European VAT exposure preferred, with strong documentation, prioritization, research, and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, formulas, validation, reconciliations, and large data sets.
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