Senior Staff Accountant, Accounting and Reporting

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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required., CPA designation is mandatory., 6 years of progressive accounting experience, with some public accounting experience preferred., Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel..

Key responsabilities:

  • Evaluate new accounting standards and perform research on business transactions.
  • Participate in monthly financial statement closings and detailed analysis.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide accounting expertise on projects.
  • Lead special accounting projects, including system implementations and process improvements.

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Aqua Finance, Inc. Financial Services SME https://aquafinance.com/
201 - 500 Employees
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Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Staff Accountant with a CPA designation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting, financial reporting, and auditing with a focus on handling complex financial tasks and contributing to key accounting projects.

Essential Functions

  • Evaluate new accounting standards and perform accounting research on new business transactions to determine appropriate accounting.
  • Participate in the monthly closing of financial statements by recording journal entries and completing detailed analysis of financial statements by identifying trends and variances.
  • Evaluate financial risk and design controls for mitigation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Treasury, and Finance to provide accounting expertise on specific projects.
  • Complete weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external reporting duties.
  • Assist with external financial statement and bank auditor requests.
  • Lead or participate in special accounting projects, such as system implementations, process improvements and global accounting processes.

Required Education And Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
  • CPA required
  • 6 years of progressive experience in accounting, handling complex accounting, required, some public accounting experience preferred
  • Experience with designing and implementing internal controls and risk mitigation; Sarbanes-Oxley experience preferred
  • Excellent reasoning and critical thinking skills
  • Attention to detail and accuracy required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
  • Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience working with large sets of data and advanced Excel skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, visualize, talk, hear, and handle or touch objects or controls. The employee may occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.

This position is an office-based position where you must be able to sit for long periods of time. The employee will be working on a computer 90% of the time.

Required profile

Experience

Industry :
Financial Services
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Detail Oriented
  • Critical Thinking
  • Communication

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