Senior Accountant

Kentucky Kingdom Theme and Water Park is Kentucky's largest amusement and water park in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky. Spanning 67 acres, it offers family-friendly entertainment with over 70 rides and attractions.

Kentucky Kingdom is part of Herschend's family of brands. Herschend is the world's largest family-held themed attractions company, with a portfolio of more than four dozen properties, including destinations, resorts, theme parks, water parks, immersive experiences, and content enjoyed by audiences worldwide. While each brand is unique, all are united by a shared purpose:
Bringing Families Closer Together by Creating Memories Worth Repeating®. Together, we love in all we do, every day-caring for one another, welcoming our guests with warmth, and making a positive difference in our communities.

The ideal candidate will be able to display Lead with Love qualities, strongly rooted in the Kentucky Kingdom culture, by being patient, kind, trusting, unselfish, truthful, forgiving, dedicated and accountable.

This individual must be able to perform the following job responsibilities satisfactorily:

• Ensure financial reporting is in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), applicable laws and regulations, and Corporate Accounting Standards.
• Ensure Company Financial Policies and Procedures are followed and consistent across the park.
• Assist with business unit financial reviews for expenditure and revenue; prepare business unit financial statements for review by staff, ensure validity of statements, prepare any adjusting entries as needed.
• Review or prepare sales data from various point of sale systems, identify and follow up on irregularities, reporting significant issues to management, review or prepare daily sales reports for management, advising management of significant trends, and implement company systems and procedures.
• Manage creation and audit of daily, weekly, and monthly sales reports. Record revenue in the general ledger.
• Manage the Accounts Reconciliation process:
  • Create customer invoices with proper GL coding.
  • Ensure accounts receivable aging reconciliation is maintained and aged accounts receivable balances are collected.
  • Receive payments and perform journal entries in multiple systems to ensure correct accounts are impacted and cleared.
  • Ensure that various systems GL balances are correct; reconcile at least weekly.
  • Act as liaison between marketing and finance departments to ensure that consignment customer tickets are tracked properly and any unused tickets are voided timely.
• Review the preparation of daily cash control counts and bank deposits and cash orders and verify accuracy of same as part of the daily sales audit process. This position does NOT have access to cash.
• Serve as Property Payroll liaison as backup to Accountant.
• Prepares Blackline entries
• Analyze and reconcile balance sheet accounts each period and ensure general ledger is accurate, adjusting entries as necessary.
• Review journal entries and account reconciliation for inventory and cost of sales balances throughout the year prepared by the Accountant.
• Review vendor set up and confirmation process prepared by Accountant.
• Review coding of company credit cards prepared by the Accountant.
• Review expense accruals prepared by the Accountant.
• Review general ledger account reconciliations prepared by the Accountant.
• Oversee credit card research for park (requires completion of annual PCI compliance training).
• Assist Tax and Legal team (both external and internal) with specific request related to the HE subsidiaries to include any required reporting
• Provide internal and external auditors with year-end audit schedules and answer any audit questions.
• Assist with special projects, financial analysis, and other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance or General Manager.
• Comply with safety and security directives, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality for all matters relating to the company
• Foster interdepartmental communications to help work through financial statements for business units.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree - Accounting (four year college or university).
• Minimum of Four (4) years of related experience.
• Computer competency in Microsoft Office products, with high level of skill in Excel. Experience with Oracle accounting software preferred.
• Ability to stand, sit, and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to reach, including above shoulder, bend, squat, kneel, and handle items as necessary.
• Ability to occasionally lift/carry and push/pull items as necessary.
• Ability to work primarily in indoor environment, with occasional work outside in extreme weather conditions such as high temperatures.
• Ability to work and maintain calm atmosphere in high stress, dynamic atmosphere.
• Ability to work some weekends and Holidays
• CMA or CPA is a plus.

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