Senior Restaurant Accountant

Reece Group•Colorado, CO

7d•$54,940 - $77,311

About The Position

The Senior Restaurant Accountant is responsible for preparing timely and accurate journal entries, ensuring compliance with company policy, U.S. GAAP, and internal controls. This role involves reconciling balance sheet accounts, performing variance analysis, and developing and maintaining an effective control environment. The position also contributes to process improvements, supports company initiatives, and prepares documentation for auditors. Additionally, the Senior Restaurant Accountant will complete special projects and ad hoc reporting as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required
Minimum of three (3) years of progressive experience in public accounting and/or corporate accounting in a public company environment required
Strong US GAAP knowledge with the initiative to remain current on accounting changes
Ability to proactively seek out others within the organization to resolve issues
Proficient in financial analysis and reporting of financial data
Proficient with corporate accounting processes including preparing journal entries, account reconciliations and account analysis
Experience with major ERP system and tools required
Above average knowledge of Excel with the ability to visually interpret the logic of a complex sequence of excel formulas and update or change these as needed
Unquestionable integrity, ethics and credibility

Nice To Haves

CPA or CPA candidate preferred
Oracle Fusion and Blackline preferred
Preference towards industry experience with consumer-based, multi-site operations such as food & beverage (restaurant), retail, hospitality, or other consumer-based businesses
Proficient in using AI tools to improve efficiency, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare timely and accurate journal entries related to various accounting areas in accordance with periodic close schedule.
Ensure compliance with company policy, U.S. GAAP and internal controls while focusing on strategies to reduce the time it takes to close the accounting period.
Accurately reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts, including review, investigation, and resolution of accounting discrepancies and reconciling items.
Perform detailed variance analysis on assigned accounts to understand reasons for changes and help ensure accuracy.
Responsible for preparation of schedules and analysis that support significant balances and accounts.
Develop and maintain an effective control environment on assigned accounts and tasks in accordance with the Company’s SOX controls and processes.
Contribute recommendations and participate in improving the Company's accounting processes; assist in the development and/or improvement of internal control activities and accounting policies and procedures.
Maintain ownership of key controls related to corporate accounts and processes; update SOX documentation as needed and perform all assigned controls to ensure a strong control environment over assigned processes.
Prepare supporting schedules for internal and external auditors and respond timely to audit requests.
Participate in and support company initiatives such as software implementations, process improvement initiatives and other departmental projects.
Document processes and cross train in other areas in order to provide support during absences.
Complete special projects, ad hoc reporting or other general duties as assigned.