Sr. Financial Analyst

GM • Detroit, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst – Incentive Compensation & Corporate Accounting is responsible for end - to - end accounting, reporting, and controls over incentive compensation programs and related common equity activity. This role leads the preparation of complex consolidating journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and analytic reviews for various incentive compensation awards. The analyst partners closely with Global Compensation, Payroll, Tax, Corporate FP&A, and Controllership to ensure accurate US GAAP reporting, strong internal controls (including EUCA and critical reports), and clear documentation of accounting conclusions and desk procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in accounting or financial reporting; experience in a large corporate or public accounting environment preferred.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP and internal control concepts, including documentation and testing of key controls.
• Demonstrated experience preparing complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses.
• Advanced Excel with ability to work with large data sets.
• Strong analytical, problem - solving, and organizational skills with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight month - end and quarter - end deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document accounting positions and explain results to non - accountants.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and CPA or equivalent
• Experience with SAP/S4, consolidation systems (e.g., GCARS), an enterprise reporting tools.
• Familiarity with EUCA/critical report governance, SOX controls, and audit

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and own monthly consolidating/manual journal entries and account reconciliations focused on Incentive Compensation Awards and Corporate activities such as Common Stock Dividends and Share Repurchases.
• Prepare analysis of financial statements for applicable areas and applicable sections of the 10-Q/10-K SEC reports.
• Coordinate and facilitate push down for specific entities with statutory requirements.
• Ensure entries are complete, accurate, and aligned with US GAAP and GM accounting policies.
• Perform monthly P&L and balance sheet analytics to explain results and period - over - period variances for incentive compensation.
• Maintain core enabling tools and structures for the team including the CJE Org Table, FX rate comparison, internal dashboards, JE checklists, accounting conventions, etc.
• Provide and present clear, well - supported data to Controllership leadership regarding award true-up analysis.
• Identify, interpret, and analyze potential accounting risks and issue
• Develop understanding of and ability to apply U.S. GAAP accounting and financial reporting standards and government rules and regulations
• Analyze quantitative data or complex problems of various types
• Collaborate with Global Compensation, Payroll, Tax, FP&A, Legal, Labor Strategy, ECA, and BU finance teams to obtain and validate source data.
• Support accounting assessments for new or evolving incentive and equity programs and document conclusions.
• Provide timely responses to internal and external audit requests and support SOX/controls testing related to assigned areas.
• Identify/correct inconsistent data, solve problems and develop new methods of analysis

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level