Sr Advanced Accountant- Consolidations
About The Position
The Senior Advanced Accountant – Consolidations helps lead the company’s global consolidation function, independently owning significant parts of the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation process. The role supports accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting under U.S. GAAP, SEC, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and partners across the organization to resolve complex consolidation matters, improve processes, and maintain the integrity of the company’s financial information. The successful candidate is expected to be a detail-oriented, hands-on subject-matter expert with a continuous-improvement mindset, accountability for reviewing the team’s work product, and an interest in collaborative work. The position supports financial consolidation and reporting using HFM and related tools. It also supports data integration into HFM/EPM applications through FDMEE, including loading, mapping, reconciliation, and month-end close processes. The role helps prepare and review consolidated financial information and documentation used for SEC filings, earnings materials, and management reporting, and mentors more junior team members.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of experience in accounting or financial-related positions.
- At least 4 years of experience in consolidation processes and U.S. GAAP.
- Working experience with financial reporting software such as Hyperion, Workiva, and Microsoft Office; expert-level experience is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- A mix of public accounting and industry experience.
- Experience in a multinational public company environment, preferably in a global organization.
- Working knowledge of reporting processes related to eliminations, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency transactions, and topside entries.
- Working knowledge of financial systems and applications such as Hyperion, HFM, and Workiva.
- Demonstrated financial analysis, communication, and business writing skills.
- Ability to adapt to changing environments and think creatively.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute significant consolidation activities, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, equity roll forwards, topside entries, and other complex consolidation adjustments.
- Review journal entries, account analyses, consolidation reports, and supporting documentation prepared by team members; identify issues, provide direction, and drive timely resolution.
- Monitor the consolidation close calendar, coordinate dependencies across teams, establish timelines and deliverables, escalate risks, and help ensure milestones are achieved.
- Prepare and review consolidated financial results, including the statement of cash flows, for accuracy, completeness, unusual trends, and consistency with underlying business activity; communicate findings and recommended actions to management.
- Help maintain and validate HFM consolidation structures and processes, including entity hierarchies, ownership structures, chart-of-accounts mappings, translation settings, consolidation rules, journals, and reporting outputs.
- Co-lead compliance with SEC, U.S. GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations alongside the Consolidations Senior Manager.
- Co-lead the provision of information to other departments, management, and external auditors alongside the Consolidations Senior Manager.
- Evaluate business situations, develop and assess possible solutions, and select appropriate solutions that drive continuous improvement.
- Prepare and review consolidated financial information, supporting schedules, and financial statement footnote documentation for Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, earnings materials, and management reporting.
- Mentor more junior team members.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation processes; execute and review intercompany eliminations; perform foreign currency translation and CTA analysis; process consolidation adjustments and top-side journal entries; and assist with maintaining ownership structures and entity hierarchies.
- Analyze consolidated financial results and variances; develop and maintain Smart View reports; perform ad hoc analysis and data extraction; and investigate consolidation discrepancies, out-of-balance intercompany accounts, and foreign exchange translation issues.
- Support data movement from ERP systems into HFM/EPM applications and the execution of importing, validating, exporting, and loading processes.
- Review chart-of-accounts mapping changes and understand their impact on financial reporting.
- Reconcile ERP balances to HFM results and help analyze and resolve data integrity issues.
- Assist with monitoring load schedules and close dependencies, and manage data submission timelines across business units.
Benefits
- Leadership coaching and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to contribute to process improvements and modernize standard procedures using AI and automated workflows.
- Encouragement and empowerment to make decisions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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