Senior Accountant

Vesuvius North America•Charlotte, NC

38d

About The Position

Vesuvius is a global leader in molten metal flow engineering and technology, primarily serving the global steel and foundry industries. We develop innovative solutions that enable our customers to increase their efficiency and productivity, enhance quality, improve safety and reduce their costs and their environmental impact. Our history spans more than 100 years, we are on six continents with more than 11,000 employees. We value diversity. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to deliver sustainable, profitable growth to provide our shareholders with a superior return on their investment, while providing our employees with a safe workplace where they are recognized, developed and properly rewarded. Purpose: The Senior Accountant role supports the Controlling team for financial accounting and reporting, responsible for the financial integrity of the legal entities of Vesuvius to which they are assigned. The role works with regional shared service teams and manage the operational accounting and reporting processes and ensures timely and accurate processing of operational accounting, period close and group & local statutory reporting.

Requirements

Qualified accountant desirable with relevant accounting experience.
Preference for manufacturing or similar industry with multi-revenue stream operations
Ability to work to tight time scales, manage multiple tasks whilst maintain a high level of accuracy

Responsibilities

Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, including local statutory reporting
Ensure period end processes are executed in a timely and accurate manner
Review outputs from the shared services teams and ensures completeness and accuracy
Conducts balance sheet reviews where prepared by shared services and ensures completeness and accuracy
Supports Regional/ Entity controllers with action plans for open balance sheet items
Provides input to judgement journals required during the period end process
Provides oversight on billing and customer invoicing activities performed by shared services
Supports with clarification of escalated supplier queries, where it cannot be resolved by shared services
Acts as a point of interface between shared services and the relevant business area/ entity to manage escalations and clarifications relating to financial transactions
Provide ad hoc financial support to the business
Responsible for ensuring that processes comply with the Vesuvius Control Framework and Accounting Standards
Develop continuous improvement initiatives