Senior Corporate Accountant

State Industrial•Cleveland, OH

About The Position

The Senior Corporate Accountant supports and executes monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, maintains the integrity of financial records, prepares account reconciliations, and supports external financial audits. The position requires technical accounting knowledge, hands-on experience with SAP ERP, and the ability to support accounting systems implementations, enhancements, and process improvements. The successful candidate will leverage SAP to improve financial reporting, strengthen internal controls, and increase the efficiency of accounting operations, collaborating with Finance, IT, and other business functions to ensure accurate financial reporting and support accounting and systems initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
6–8 years of progressive corporate accounting experience.
Hands-on experience using SAP ERP in a corporate accounting environment.
Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting.
Demonstrated experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
Extensive experience preparing and maintaining balance sheet account reconciliations.
Experience supporting external financial statement audits.
Experience using SAP to research financial transactions, analyze general ledger activity, and support financial reporting.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large financial data sets.
Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight financial reporting deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP ECC 6.0 and/or SAP S/4HANA.
Participation in an SAP implementation, upgrade, or ECC-to-S/4HANA conversion.
Experience with SAP FI/CO, including general ledger, accounts payable, cost centers, and financial reporting.
Familiarity with SAP Fiori and SAP reporting tools.
Experience with data migration, reconciliation, and user acceptance testing.
CPA preferred.
Experience in a multi-entity or multinational corporate environment.
Experience identifying opportunities to automate and improve accounting processes.

Responsibilities

Execute and coordinate assigned activities within monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, account adjustments, and other period-end transactions in SAP.
Analyze general ledger activity and investigate significant account fluctuations and variances.
Ensure timely and accurate completion of close activities in accordance with established deadlines.
Prepare financial schedules, supporting analyses, and management reporting.
Identify opportunities to streamline the financial close process and improve reporting accuracy.
Prepare and maintain balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
Research and resolve reconciling items, discrepancies, and unusual account balances.
Reconcile general ledger accounts to supporting subledgers, schedules, and source documentation.
Use SAP reporting capabilities to research transactions, validate account balances, and analyze general ledger activity.
Maintain reconciliation documentation and ensure compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
Use SAP for general ledger accounting, financial reporting, account analysis, and month-end close activities.
Navigate SAP financial transactions and reports to research journal entries, document postings, account balances, and supporting details.
Support SAP configuration changes, system enhancements, and financial reporting improvements in collaboration with IT and SAP functional teams.
Participate in SAP implementations, upgrades, system conversions, and related finance transformation initiatives.
Assist with requirements gathering, process design, system testing, user acceptance testing, and implementation validation.
Validate financial data conversions and reconcile legacy system balances to SAP.
Identify opportunities to automate accounting processes and improve use of SAP functionality.
Develop and maintain SAP-related accounting procedures, process documentation, and user guidance.
Support annual financial statement audits and other external audit activities.
Prepare audit schedules, account analyses, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
Coordinate responses to auditor requests and ensure timely resolution of audit inquiries.
Research accounting issues and assist with implementation of audit recommendations.
Maintain compliance with U.S. GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal control requirements.
Evaluate existing accounting processes and recommend improvements to efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.
Support standardization of accounting processes and reporting across business units.
Participate in finance transformation, ERP implementation, and other cross-functional initiatives.
Collaborate with Finance and IT teams to improve SAP reporting, data integrity, and accounting workflows.
Assist with special projects, technical accounting research, and other initiatives as required.