Senior Accountant

Senior Intercompany Accountant with a $1+ billion transportation and logistics company.
 

Summary

The Senior Intercompany Accountant will have a variety of responsibilities including review and analysis of revenue and cost of sales in the consolidated financial statements along with AR and AP; analysis of the impact of FX exchange; reconciliation of intercompany balances; collaborate with Operations to establish operational policies and document reconciliation processes for intercompany.

Responsibilities

• Collect shipment in transit reports from international subsidiaries and analyze the format of the report along with accuracy of the transactional data
• Analytical review of global intercompany balances of revenue and cost of sales, accounts receivable and accounts payable data
• Communicate with subsidiaries to ensure resolution of reporting or operational issues are addressed to ensure accurate and consistent global reporting
• Analyze intercompany transactions and reconciliations and resolve any differences
• Validate transactional reporting by tracking selections from origin to destination to ensure accuracy in revenue recognition
• Document reconciliation processes to streamline reconciliation for future reporting periods
• Prepare audit journal entries to eliminate intercompany transactions for consolidated financials
• Work with subsidiaries on reporting into Intercompany Reconciliation Application (ICOR) and utilize system for transactional matching 
• Work closely with IT department to ensure necessary updates to ICOR Application and shipment in transit reporting
• Assist in developing and documenting accounting policies and procedures
• Special projects and analysis as assigned

Requirements

• 4-6 years of experience in Accounting in a multi-national company
• Understanding of Foreign Currency Translations
• Strong Excel skills required
• Excellent organizational skills, process driven, good problem-solving skills, strong communication skills, ability to manage multiple priorities, good decision making, and strong analytical skills
• Self-motivated, able to work in a team and independently
• Bilingual is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting   
• Experience in intercompany reconciliations and working knowledge of US GAAP
• Financial systems such as Cognos Controller (or similar group consolidation system) and JD Edwards preferred