Anthropologie Senior Accountant

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

18h

About The Position

Anthropologie is searching for a Senior Accountant to join a wonderful team! The Senior Accountant will support both store and ecommerce channels of Anthropologie Group NA in all financial and accounting aspects that directly affects the operational results. Assist Accounting Manager in preparation of accurate and timely financial statements and ensuring appropriate accounting control procedures. This position will provide support for key projects, process improvements and efficiencies. It is expected that this role anticipates, plans and works proactively to meet monthly deadlines.

Requirements

Well-developed problem solving capabilities
Highly detail oriented with strong organizational skills
Capable of managing multiple deliverables and ability to seamlessly transition among team
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong sense of accountability and ownership, proactive problem solving skills
Highly proficient in MS Excel and ability to learn accounting software packages
Ability to comprehend and analyze financial statements, financial journals, reports, reconciliations, and other related documents
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with peer group, brand personnel and executive level management
Intellectually curious with a strong desire to learn and grow with the company

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Oracle and/or Hyperion a strong plus

Responsibilities

Record, reconcile and analyze monthly activity in various balance sheet and income statement accounts (including ad hoc analyses)
Assist in the generation, preparation and review of monthly financial statements/packages, as well as various internal and external reporting documents
Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting requirements with respect to monthly duties
Assist and prepare the annual operational budgets of assigned expense item responsibilities as needed
Prepare and maintain balance sheet account reconciliations
Prepare and maintain expense tracking’s for operational departments
Analyze actual results, investigate and explain variance explanations vs budget & previous year
Consistently recommend and implement improvements to current methodologies and practices
Support all other aspects of the monthly and quarterly financial close process
Provide ongoing accounting/finance support to brand partners as liaison between brand and corporate shared service teams
Review management and operating reports to identify trends and develop benchmarking metrics
Work with finance team on brand/division related projects