Senior Accountant

Petco•Natick, MA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Participate in the month-end closing process and assist in preparation of the internal, total-company financial statement package. Monitor entries in the General Ledger to ensure appropriate allocation, determine if reclassifications are required, explain variances, and analyze various accounts to avoid year-end audit exposure. Develop and recommend new procedures, processes and policies for the accounting operations of assigned function. Serve as accounting business partner to assigned function on issues that are highly complex. Provide input and may deliver training to personnel in various areas of accounting and finance. Analyze, research and reconcile selected accounts and cost discrepancies. Effectively communicate with field associates, corporate support staff and management to ensure issues relating to accounting are brought to the appropriate individuals for action. This function performs both highly complex statistical and financial analysis and is required to think and act independently when judgment is required.

Requirements

4-year degree in Accounting/Finance or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
A solid understanding of accounting principles equivalent to a college level Intermediate Accounting course.
Possess a current CPA certification
Minimum 3 - 5 years accounting experience including progressively increasing areas of responsibility in 2 or more accounting functional areas
Verbally communicate effectively and in writing with department associates, corporate support staff and senior management regarding accounting information.
Make recommendations on the most profitable and legally compliant approach to accounting issues.
A strong working knowledge of accounting operations related to a specific or multiple functional areas of accounting
Act as an accounting liaison / business partner to a non-accounting business group.
Performance of detailed analytics over both balance sheet and Profit & Loss statements at the account level detail.
Manage multiple projects at one time
Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office Suite applications (e.g. Excel, Word, and Access) and 10-key by touch
Must be accurate, detail oriented, proficient with personal computer based programs, and trainable on company specific systems

Nice To Haves

Coached or mentored junior accounting partners
Previous working experience with PeopleSoft financial software.
Retail experience is strongly preferred.
Previous employment for or work with a Big 4 company.

Responsibilities

Prepare month-end journal entries, reconciliations, budgets, forms, reports, and schedules relating to the accounts in the specific area of focus
Effectively communicate with field partners, corporate support staff, and senior management, ensuring issues related to accounting are communicated to the appropriate impacted partners for action.
Perform business process improvement including root cause analysis, recommendation development, and able to overcome roadblocks to functional success.
Protect Petco’s accounting data received from internal and external sources.
Interact professionally and effectively through verbal and written communication with all professional contacts with emphasis on company interests
Efficiently create complex documents and/or reports using spreadsheet, database, and accounting software in a timely fashion
Independently prioritize and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
Analyze moderately to highly complex data to determine the appropriate course of action.
Perform accounting duties and control activities to ensure financial results are reported without error.
Research and analyze selective data sets and/or accounts pertaining to the duties of the specific functional area of accounting being performed.