Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Location:

Hybrid, Exton, PA

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant to join our team and play a critical role in supporting post‑acquisition financial activities for non‑integrated acquisitions. This position will focus on ensuring accurate and timely monthly close processes, as well as assisting with complex business combination accounting tasks, including due diligence, purchase accounting, opening balance sheet testing, acquisition valuations, and SOX compliance related to business combinations.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to learn in a highly acquisitive environment and help improve existing controls and processes.

• Perform day‑to‑day bookkeeping for non‑integrated acquisition.
• Perform monthly close activities for non‑integrated acquisitions, ensuring compliance with company policies and GAAP.
• Reconcile non‑integrated acquisitions balance sheet monthly.
• Assist with financial due diligence over acquisition targets.
• Assist legal and portfolio development team with closing preparation, including calculation/review of net working capital, review of funds flows, review of purchase agreements.
• Assist with initial purchase accounting and all related journal entries into accounting system.
• Assist with the preparation and review of the opening balance sheet.
• Assist with post‑closing completion statement.
• Aiding with preparation of third‑party valuation of intangible assets.
• Performance of acquisition related SOX procedures to comply with all aspects of internal controls over financial reporting.
• Working with acquiree company accountants over post‑closing accounting.
• Quarterly reconciliation of acquisition G/L accounts.
• Assistance with 10‑Q footnote preparation.
• Reconciliation of goodwill and intangibles.
• Assisting with annual external audit.
• This is a full‑time role expected to work 40 hours per week, hybrid in the US.
• Required sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer. The role requires communication with managers, peers, and other colleagues of the company in person (on occasion), and by utilizing Microsoft Teams chat, calling, and meeting functions.
• This role requires 3‑6 trips to the Exton office per month.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent training and experience.
• 2‑4 years of relevant work experience.
• Practical knowledge of US GAAP.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong Excel skills (e.g., Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, etc.).
• CPA certification is a plus.
• Experience with Quick Books and Workday ERP is a plus.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
• Fast learner with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and thorough documentation skills for SOX.

• A great Team and culture – please see our colleague video.
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world‑leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction – watch this short documentary about how we got our start.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.

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