Accounting Senior Analyst
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Description
Title: Accounting Senior Analyst
Duration: 2 Months
Location: Portland, OR – Hybrid/3days onsite
Key Responsibilities
- Key participant in the
month-end general ledger and internal reporting processes, including
preparing and reviewing both journal entries and account reconciliations
- Preparation of key estimates
and reserves for review with the Accounting Manager including bonuses and
claims reserves
- Responsible for accounting
for payroll and benefits including bonuses, payroll overhead rates,
workers compensation, deferred compensation, life insurance, and other
employee benefit costs
- Performs accounting research,
memo documentation and assists with setting accounting policies
- Assists in the preparation
and review of regulatory filings and support
- Collaborates with the
Budgeting and Financial Planning team in development of components of the
annual Income Statement budget and periodic forecast updates
- Perform financial analysis
and prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis, as required
- Completes internal control
procedures to ensure compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Provide support for both
internal and external auditors
- Identify and implement
sustainable process improvements within accounting, proactively improve
processes, accuracy and efficiency
- Assist Accounting Manager
with various projects as needed
Requirements
Qualifications & Skills
Required
- Bachelor’s degree with an
emphasis in Accounting required and CPA certificate is preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of applied
accounting experience. Public accounting experience is preferred
- Strong technical knowledge of
US GAAP, with the ability to critically think and apply that knowledge to
business requirements
- Experience in utility
industry or related business environment is preferred
- Experience using SAP or
another general ledger or other financial software system is strongly
preferred
- Experience with
reconciliation tool, Blackline preferred
- Demonstrated background in
applying analytical/accounting research skills
- Excellent verbal skills,
including the ability to apply group facilitation techniques and make
group presentations
- Strong written communication
skills including with process and task documentation and report generation
- Proven ability to meet
deadlines, including strong time management and organizational skills
- Must combine attention to
detail with the ability to envision the big picture
- Strong analytical skills with
a focus on technical accounting rules and experience researching
accounting issues
- PC Skills primarily for word
processing, spreadsheet and database applications
- Ability to facilitate and
coordinate projects
- Proven ability to function in
a team environment