Accounting Associate

Location: Victor

Job Description

At Cooper Vision, a division of Cooper Companies, we're driven by a unifying purpose to help people to experience life's beautiful moments. We are connected through our shared values - dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing. As a leading global manufacturer of contact lenses, we are committed to helping improve the way people see each day. Through our diverse lens portfolio, we tackle the toughest vision challenges - including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia.

We offer the most complete collection of spherical, toric, and multifocal products available, enabling us to fit 99% of all contact wearers. Learn more at

Scope:

The Accounting Associate supports the North America Accounting Shared Services group in the accuracy and completeness of the Cooper Vision, Cooper Surgical and Cooper Companies financial statements and routine deliverables by working collaboratively with team members, management, and internal stakeholders.

Job Summary:

The Accounting Associate supports the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting of Cooper. Responsibilities include preparing journal entries and account reconciliations, uploading data, investigating variances, and performing other assigned tasks. The position requires cross-functional collaboration and occasional interaction with external professionals. Successful candidates will be detail-oriented, highly organized, and team-focused.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

• Perform monthly financial close activities, including compiling and preparing journal entries, preparing account reconciliations and solutioning errors or issues in the general ledger, validating intercompany transactions, and performing data uploads into various software systems while ensuring the accuracy of the upload.
• Prepare routine and ad-hoc reports for leadership, sales, and other departments using some complex Excel functions
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting across the organization.
• Maintain compliance with US GAAP and internal policies and procedures.
• Support broader initiatives through ad-hoc reporting and presentations as directed.
• Compile, review, verify, and analyze large volumes of financial data while demonstrating awareness of relevant financial statement assertions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support business processes and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1+ years in an accounting/finance role (including internships and other roles).
• Desire or in process of attaining a professional license/certificate (i.e. CPA, CMA, MBA or the like).
• An organized and professional individual with the ability to multi-task in a collaborative environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with employees, customers, and external professionals at all levels
• Ability to complete job functions in multiple complex software and systems
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills
• Desire to learn Microsoft Office products (Excel, Outlook, One Note, PowerPoint)
• Ability to apply knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Work Environment:

• Prolonged sitting in front of a computer.
• Typical office environment.
• May need to work holidays, occasional evenings, or weekends to maintain an expected performance level.
• Onsite 5-days' a week in the office.

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $62,353.00and $68,522.00. per year and may include cost of living adjustments. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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