Senior Accountant

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Knit Well Group, a specialty retail operating company, comprises some of the most iconic brands in America – Ann Taylor, Chico's, Haven Well Within, Lane Bryant, LOFT, Soma, Talbots, White House Black Market. Individually, our brands are unique and strong. Together, we are powerful. Our common thread is our commitment to create exceptional products, provide memorable experiences, and achieve superior results.

Our associates are innovators who thrive through collaboration and are dedicated to excellence. At the heart of it all are the customers we serve. We are dedicated to creating fashion that not only looks good but also makes our customers feel good.

The Senior Accountant – Fixed Assets is primarily responsible for the accounting accuracy of fixed assets within the Company’s financial statements as well as the preparation of various schedules, reconciliations, and account variance analyses relating to the monthly closing process. Additionally, the Senior Accountant prepares various management reports including various explanations utilized by Senior Finance Management.

• Maintain the fixed asset system, including recording of asset acquisitions, disposals and depreciation in a timely matter.
• Responsible for providing timely and accurate monthly account analyses, reconciliations and journal entry preparation.
• Review and process capital project requisitions.
• Review and process Prepaid Software and POS, CIP and Capital Labor.
• Review and process monthly accruals, coding requests, and posting errors.
• Manage ad hoc reporting requests.
• Track company expenditures for fixed assets in comparison to the capital budget and management authorizations.
• Research certain technical accounting issues as they relate to the current role and develop process improvement efficiencies in the department.
• Responsible for preparing and updating a Balance Sheet and Income Statement budget and forecast for all accounts relating to the fixed assets and relevant accounting adjustments.
• Maintain processes and procedures to ensure adherence to fixed asset and other corporate accounting policies.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments to facilitate information sharing and adjusting to business changes.
• Serve as a technical resource to other departments and management.
• Regular interaction with various departments including Corporate Finance & FP&A;
  Real Estate Finance & Store Development;
  Store Operations;
  Corporate/Store Facilities Management;
  Accounts Payable;
  Procurement; IT Finance & Project Management; internal & external Tax & Audit partners.
• Develop an understanding of Accounting’s workflow processes and the interdependency between other Departments in meeting monthly closing goals. Also develop a working relationship with the other brands to facilitate information sharing and to understand who our internal customers are and what their needs are.
• Work on special projects independently and as part of a team, meet deadlines and present results to management.
• Perform duties with a process improvement and customer service mentality.
• Develop a continuous level of proficiency with a financial and information systems as they relate to the department.
• Assist with record retention and organization of the Accounting Department.
• Assist with Audit Requests from independent auditors.

• Functional/Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Problem Solving:
  Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes all sources for answers, can see hidden problems, is excellent at honest analysis, looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
• Planning:
  Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work in process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Managerial…