Senior Accountant

Company Overview

Brother is a leading provider of home and office equipment, sewing and crafting products, and industrial solutions. With a legacy spanning over 115 years, our brand is renowned for producing award‑winning printers, sewing machines, P‑touch labelers, and more. Brother International Corporation (BIC) was established in 1954, marking over 70 years of operations in the United States. Our Americas headquarters is located in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

BIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Limited (BIL), which was founded in 1908 in Nagoya, Japan, and operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. Brother’s Americas presence includes subsidiaries in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

Brother has consistently been recognized as a best place to work, reflecting our commitment to fostering a workplace culture aligned with our core values of being inclusive, collaborative, customer‑centric, and socially responsible. We value work‑life balance and flexibility, and as a result have introduced policies such as our hybrid office schedule, casual dress code, and flexible Fridays, which allow us to wrap up meetings for dedicated focus time or to start our weekends sooner, year‑round.

Our commitment to employee growth and development is demonstrated through our offering of facilitated courses and certificate programs and our investment in resources that enable self‑paced learning.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the day‑to‑day accounting operational activities including, but limited to, the preparation of accounting journal entries, accounting reconciliations, and financial analyses for Brother International Corporation and its subsidiaries. The Senior Accountant challenges the status quo while fostering relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all accounting entries and reconciliations are captured timely and accurately, as well as provide ad‑hoc financial data analysis to help further the business and the financial analysis within the organization.

This position ensures proper month‑end accounting, develops best practices and procedures, ensures preparation of accurate and timely accounting entries, analyses, and reconciliations, assists in other financial analysis and reporting to help further the business, and identify issues including responding to financial inquiries.

• Manage the operational accounting activities for their assigned group, providing governance, oversight, and issue identification
• Supervise and control financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and effectiveness in all accounting tasks
• Reconcile account balances, maintain the general ledger, and oversee month‑end close procedures
• Ensure all accounting procedures align with IFRS requirements
• Produce accurate and timely accounting reports
• Collaborate with internal teams on accounting control procedures

• Utilize strong analytical skills and accounting knowledge to analyze financial reports and forecasts
• Perform variance analyses on a monthly basis comparing actuals to forecast and budget
• Research, prepare, and present the monthly financial results

• Assist with audit requests, such as preparing supporting documents and schedules
• Conduct root‑cause analyses to identify trends and lead the solution effort to develop alternate strategies and tactics while identifying opportunities for cost saving opportunities and process improvement with a clear understanding to the business unit
• Build and present ad‑hoc reports to support monthly analyses as needed
• Maintain process documentation and look for opportunities to automate and improve daily account processes

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Accounting

• 5+ years of experience working with various departments to solve complex accounting issues
• Experience working within a finance team, responsible for the day‑to‑day operational accounting activities

• Technical knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted…