Senior Accountant

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc (APOG, a public company) is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our corporate accounting team. The senior accountant role leads the corporate financial close process for Apogee Enterprises, Inc. As part of a larger public company, you will have career opportunities and a chance to collaborate with colleagues both locally and across our segments throughout the enterprise.

As a senior accountant of a publicly traded company, you have a strong understanding of US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and can advise colleagues on requirements and objectives.  You are well organized and can support multiple initiatives and work streams.  You understand the needs of stakeholders and the Company’s policies.  You are good at collaborating with and influencing business process owners to ensure that the Company’s end-to-end processes and controls are working as intended.

As a successful senior accountant for Apogee corporate, you can prioritize and act independently with appropriate guidance and support from other team members. You can follow established month-end close processes and identify opportunities to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.  You find ways to continuously improve our processes that enable timely and accurate financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting and reporting:

Analyze and monitor corporate accounts and prepare monthly journal entries and reconciliations for a variety of areas such as healthcare, payroll and benefits, treasury-related activities (cash, investments, debt, etc.) and all corporate-related accruals.

Review and eliminate intercompany accounts monthly, including resolving differences and communicating regularly with our business units.

As new entities are acquired, assist with communication and training to support a smooth close and reporting process to facilitate integration.

Assist with preparing various Corporate and consolidated schedules to support quarterly and annual SEC reporting.

Lead overall Corporate processes for financial close, including compliance with internal controls and maintaining a strong data management system.

Perform certain annual procedures including closing and allocating retained earnings, and coordination of other year-end close activities with local accounting teams.

Design, implement, and improve standardized processes across multiple locations and teams.

Ensure SOX compliance and operational effectiveness of controls in areas(s) of responsibility.

Responsibilities also include required monthly/quarterly and annual governmental census/survey reporting, including coordinating inputs with manufacturing plants to meet required deadlines.

Systems leadership and support:

Leverage SAP-BPC to assist with intercompany reconciliations, reviewing corporate financials, building processes, providing training, and identifying and implementing process improvements.

Support the ERP transition by assisting with process design, system testing, data validation, training, and issue resolution.

Education and

Skills Required:

Minimum 3 years of accounting experience, including SOX experience at a public company or CPA firm.

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft applications

Experience with financial systems, including adapting to new systems and technology.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, and desire to build relationships and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders.

Proactive problem solver, strategic thinker and drive to add value through process improvement.

Results-oriented and able to handle multiple projects and priorities with a high level of accuracy while meeting deadlines.

This is a hybrid role with at least 3…