Senior Accountant

Salary Range: $95,000.00 To $ Annually

Youth Enrichment Brands (YEB) is the nation’s leading youth activities platform, offering camps, leagues, classes, and other programs. YEB companies provide fun and enriching experiences to over 950,000 kids each year across the world. Our mission is to help kids discover and develop their passions. We do this by connecting and serving a network of companies that deliver best-in-class youth camps, classes, music education, and sports leagues.

Coaches, teachers, entrepreneurs, and franchisees are the lifeblood of this network.

Backed by Roark Capital, YEB encompasses School of Rock (a music school for all skill levels, ages, and musical aspirations), i9 Sports (the nation’s largest youth league franchisor), Safe Splash Swim Schools (the leading franchisor and operator of swim schools), US Sports Camps (the official provider of Nike Camps), and other additional premier youth activity brands.

YEB is looking for a highly-motivated, experienced Senior Accountant. As the right-hand to the BU Controller for Safe Splash Swim Schools, this will be a highly visible position within the YEB accounting shared service organization with interactions across various departments and the opportunity to make a significant impact. To be successful in this role, the Senior Accountant should possess the ability to conduct a wide variety of intricate and complex accounting duties and projects and professionally team with multiple stakeholders and business partners.

An ideal candidate would not only be a self-starter who is driven to learn and add value quickly but also should be savvy in Excel, have excellent organizational, analytical, interpersonal skills, and the ability to create and maintain a team-oriented environment. The Senior Accountant should also possess the ability to timely meet deadlines in completing assignments and have strong integrity and ethics as well as the ability to review and analyze current processes for potential improvements.

This position is responsible for and will own the financials for the corporate entities within the business unit, including general ledger management and reconciliations as well as income statement and balance sheet preparation and analysis. This role will also assist the YEB Accounting Group with other strategic projects and tasks as needed. This role is for a self-motivated, reliable individual, who, by ensuring financial integrity and promoting financial transparency, will contribute to the rapid growth and success of the company.

• Apply a broad knowledge of advanced accounting methods and procedures. Review, evaluate, and implement accounting systems, policies, and procedures.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures manuals and other documentation as needed.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and financial policies across the organization, mitigating financial risks and maintaining compliance with relevant regulations.
• Support monthly and year-end financial close, including assigned journal entries and accruals, as well as balance sheet account reconciliations. Ensure an accurate, GAAP compliant and timely monthly financial close.
• Research variances to expectation and perform accounting error root cause analysis.
• Escalate any material risk to the financial statements to the appropriate leaders.
• Prepare and present financial statements and related reports including, but not limited to, balance sheets, income statements, cash-flow reports, budgets, and trend variance analysis.
• Provide management with timely and detailed analysis of the organization’s financial status and progress.
• Assist in the annual budgeting process and prepare actual vs budget reports.
• Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and responding to inquiries.
• Assist in the research and processing of compliance documentation with local, state, and federal business filing and tax reporting regulations, i.e. business licenses, certificate of insurance, annual reports, sales tax, and census data.
• Keep abreast of regulatory requirements and best practices in accounting.
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