General Accountant

Position : Accountant

Location : San Antonio, TX

Duration : 12 Months Contract

Shift timings : 1^st shift

Total Hours/week : 40.00

Pay rate: 20-25/hr

Description:

• The Senior GL Accountant is responsible for supporting multiple business units and legal entities.
• This includes preparing and posting various monthly journal entries as well as reviewing journal entries and analysis prepared by external resources.
• This position will be responsible to interact and communicate with internal customers in various business units in order to facilitate any special operating and/or reporting requirements. In addition, this position will be required to prepare and review monthly reconciliations for balance sheet and quarterly reporting including flux analysis.
• Annually this position will assist in the preparation of the tax package schedules for various companies and the preparation of additional year-end reporting requirements.
• The Senior GL Accountant will also participate in SOX testing and special projects.
• They will assist in the preparation of ad-hoc reports as necessary.
• A person in this position is responsible to assure that the assigned day-to-day operations are carried out in accordance with established accounting principles, policies and objectives.
• Work in multiple ERP environments while developing standard processes around these environments.
• Reviewing of intercompany transactions as well as creating invoices and posting these invoices on multiple ERP systems.

Preparation of complex account reconciliations in accordance with GAAP.

• •Review of account reconciliations prepared by others
• •Ensure timely and accurate processing of general accounting activities in accordance with month and year end reporting deadlines.
• •Integrate Accounting processes from acquired companies into existing processes
• •Ensure that all processes and policies are compliant with Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley control requirements
• •Prepare Quarterly balance sheet analysis, review and remediation
• •Assist internal/external auditors in periodic audits
• •Identify and implement processes improvements in the GL system by researching and assessing established standardized work flow procedures and policies
• •Communicate directly with multiple functions and businesses and senior management within the organization
• •Ability to identify areas of issue and provide resolution
• •Ability to work in a self-directed manner with little direct supervision
• •Preparation of non-standard ad-hoc journal entries based on stakeholder requests

Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Accounting
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in General Accounting
• BS/BA in Accounting or Finance or closely related
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in General Accounting - General Ledger
• 3 years of Excel experience- VLOOKUP’s, Pivot Tables
• SAP 6.0 or similar strongly preferred
• 1+ years’ experience reviewing junior accounting work flow and reporting
• Strong analytical / problem solving skills
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• Superior customer service skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Required Experience:

• General Ledger experience
• Strong analytical / problem solving skills
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• Superior customer service skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Direct experience in SAP 6.0
• This accountant will be focused on deep dive historical research and cleanup of old outstanding cash items.
• They need to be driven, self-motivated, a great researcher, ability to work at a fast but accurate pace and experienced in complex bank reconciliations.
• SAP experience is a HUGE plus as is any global experience or experience in working in multiple currencies as these will significantly impact the work they are doing.
• They will have contact with many of our stakeholders as they do the research and cleanup of the items on the accounts so strong professional communication skills is a must