Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting & Accounting
About the position
As the Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting and Accounting, you will serve as a key contributor within the controllership team and be responsible for supporting monthly and quarterly financial close, consolidation, and financial reporting processes to deliver timely, accurate, financial statements and disclosures. You will strengthen internal controls by designing, executing, and documenting key internal controls and drive process improvements that streamline workflows, automate and standardize reporting, shorten close timelines, and reduce risk. You will champion a culture of accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Own key components of the monthly/quarterly close process to include preparing and reviewing journal entries, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
- Perform and certify balance sheet account reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances and maintaining complete, audit-ready documentation.
- Prepare and review accurate, timely internal and external financial statements and disclosures in accordance with US GAAP and company policies.
- Maintain and enhance accounting and financial reporting process documentation, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, and supporting both internal and external audit requests.
- Drive process standardization and automation by leveraging technology and data visualization to improve efficiency, accuracy, and control across the close and reporting cycle
- Collaborate with the team on special projects as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) from 4-year college or university in Accounting or Finance required.
- CPA (or actively pursuing a CPA) required.
- 3+ years of progressive accounting/financial reporting experience required
- Strong US GAAP expertise and hands on experience supporting consolidations and reconciliations.
- Demonstrated ability to own month/quarter end close with audit-ready support.
- SOX and internal controls experience.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external partners with professionalism.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
Nice-to-haves
- public accounting and/or corporate accounting in multi-unit retail/restaurant environment preferred.
- SEC Reporting exposure preferred.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k
- sick leave
- vacation time
