Senior Accountant

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Mooresville, NC

48d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to capture moderately complex financial activities and resolve issues in accounting records to enable accurate reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. This includes responsibility for conducting effective research, managing, tracking, reporting, and reviewing work on financial activities to ensure accounting records are correct. In addition, this role executes internal controls over financial and regulatory reporting, by working independently to apply experienced accounting judgment and knowledge of GAAP and regulatory requirements in daily activity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
4 years experience in accounting, tax, finance (public or private) or relevant experience
Demonstrated understanding of intermediate GAAP concepts and financial controls (to apply this knowledge to the design and execution of activities within the respective area)
Advanced skills in MS office programs (Excel, Word, Access)

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or related field
Lowe's accounting or finance experience
CPA or CPA candidate

Responsibilities

Execute financial activities in a timely and efficient manner, with a focus on activities that require applying practiced knowledge of moderately complex systems, business processes, and GAAP principles to unique situations
Prepare and evaluate reports to ensure accuracy of financial reporting and analysis
Perform analysis (i.e. historical, forecasting, impact, etc.) and reconciliations to support monthly, quarterly and annual closing cycles according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations
Review reports, analysis and reconciliations prepared by Accountants to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting and analysis
Research various financial activities to identify moderately complex issues, explaining findings to principal accountants, managers, and directors to determine resolution
Manage small projects/initiatives and/or participates in broader projects, working with and directing teams within a finance function to deliver the best solutions to financial issues
Maintain appropriate supporting documents, provisions, and other details for accounting transactions and entries
Communicate effectively within the team, across other functions, and with external parties to ensure alignment
Partner with team and the business in order to identify transaction issues and procedure improvement opportunities to more-effectively support the needs of the Finance organization
At times, mentor and train accountants in the development of moderately complex skills, knowledge of key principles, regulations, etc.
Work with external (regulatory and third party) and independent auditors for transactions and alignment to provide required data and information to ensure accuracy
Execute testing around financial controls to provide documentation and support for SOX compliance in respective financial area