Senior Accountant

This role will be reporting to the Head Protection SBU Accounting Manager. The main responsibility of this position is to play a significant part in the general ledger and month end close process. The person filing this role will also work with the group finance team on reporting requirements and support any financial audit requests that need to be completed.

This role will also work closely with other departments when needed and will own the Concur credit card process.

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Required Skills & Experience

Required

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in accounting or finance

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in an accounting/finance role, preferably in a similar role

• Proven record of preparing & presenting management accounts & completing external financial account audits

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite - Excel and Power Point

• Ability to work effectively with other functional areas of the business

• Willingness to travel as needed

• Strong Kaizen mindset and naturally curious

• Solution-oriented and comfortable with visibility and leadership interaction

• Motivated to grow within a company

• Personality is important

Essential Duties and/or Functions:

• Complete general ledger and month-end closing

• Bank reconciliations

• Work with Payroll department to prepare payroll accruals and entries

• Keep accrual balances accurate and supported with strong back-up

• Maintain journal entry workbook, logging all journal entries for month end with adequate support for audit purposes

• Track all intercompany transactions

• Maintain accurate recording and reconciliation of intercompany transactions

• Communicate between all companies when transactions are posted from Team Wendy side to ensure continuity throughout the business

• Validate with Group that all intercompany accounts are in-balance monthly

• Work with Research & Development team to keep all funded projects up-to-date with accurate revenue recognition, billing, and forecasting

• Assist in any financial audit requests

• Work with the global group team on any reporting requirements

• Support other Accounting and Finance functions when needed - AR, AP, Financial Analysis

• Ad Hoc items and other projects as needed

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Preferred/Desired Skills or Experiences:
Experience in a manufacturing environment
CPA and/or MBA is a strong plus
Background in IFS, or other ERP systems

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.