Senior Accountant (Contract)

Westlake•Houston, TX

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. SUMMARY Responsible for implementing a monthly forecast process and annual budget process, with direction from leadership. This position will facilitate and execute ongoing process improvements in the accounting area. Will perform specific monthly close procedures with heavy emphasis on reporting. Duties include recording, reporting, analyzing and communicating financial activity and results. Senior accountants are expected to work fairly independently to become the financial and accounting expert in his/her area.

Requirements

Knowledge of cost accounting principles, financial statement preparation and analysis is required.
Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
Must be comfortable presenting to Management and communicating results across multiple levels within the organization.
Ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines, and perform self-review of work product for quality in a dynamic environment.
Must be proficient with Microsoft Office including Excel.
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with three plus years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting is required.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of SAP and BPC accounting systems preferred.
CPA, CMA, or Master’s degree preferred.
Cost accounting experience is a plus.
Experience in a manufacturing environment working with A/P, General Accounting, Payroll, Inventories, Fixed Assets, Cash Accounting, Financial Analysis & Reporting and Multi-plant and budgeting is also preferred.

Responsibilities

Assists in the development and maintenance of financial models used for forecasting, budgeting and analysis.
Provides divisional support and expertise with regard to budgeting, forecasting and analysis.
Assists in divisional financial process improvement efforts.
Responsible for a portion of the month end close including the ICP eliminations and other divisional related entries.
Provides reports and analysis of divisional revenue, production and cost structure with a minimum of supervision.
Generates financial reports and related analysis for monthly and quarterly reviews, quarterly audit requirements and various management meetings.
Preparation of monthly variance analysis and reporting packages for various Management teams.
Coordinate and support activities across locations and departments.
Manage multiple deadlines and respond quickly to management requests.
Ensure adherence to and effectiveness of internal control in own area of responsibility.
Facilitate internal and external audit needs.
Research and application of technical US GAAP requirements.
Other ad-hoc duties and analysis as assigned by Manager.