Sr SEC Accountant

Paychex•City of Rochester, NY

32d•Onsite

About The Position

Paychex is reimagining how businesses manage their workforce by bringing payroll, HR, benefits, and advisory services together into a single connected HCM platform. As Paychex and Paycor come together, we're combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, AI, and human expertise to help organizations work smarter, support their people, and achieve better business outcomes. This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to invest in innovation, simplify client experiences, and shape the future of work. At Paychex, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, make a meaningful impact, and be part of something bigger as One Paychex. Assists in the preparation of external financial statements and SEC filings, supports the Accounting Department in areas of stand-alone financial statement review and readiness of external audit and adhoc research on technical accounting matters. Ensures adherence to procedures in accordance with company policy.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance - Required
3 years of experience in SEC Reporting or other relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Accountant - Preferred

Responsibilities

Prepares external financial statements and SEC filings, including press releases, annual reports, proxy statements, etc., to ensure complete, accurate, and timely disclosure. This may include review of XBRL tagging.
Acts as technical accounting resource to other parties, both within and external to Finance, providing technical accounting guidance on specific transactions or scenarios. Partners with others to provide timely and accurate answers to technical accounting questions and provide education on technical accounting topics to appropriate groups.
Reviews newly issued accounting standards to assess impacts to the company. Prepares research on complex accounting matters for distillation to manager and other invested parties. Provides draft disclosure on areas of new requirements.
Reviews and drafts internal accounting policies to ensure consistency and adherence to applicable regulations. Coordinates publishing of policies to Financial and Accounting home page for use by all company employees.
Prepares financial analysis of a complex nature to present impacts to the company of various scenarios.
Evaluates competitor disclosures and best practices for analysis and comparison purposes, often on request from Senior Executives. Determines improvements that can be made in the company’s financial statements and disclosures.
Other duties as assigned to support the general purpose of the position’s function.