Senior Accountant

Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Lackawanna, NY

Duration: Full Time

Essential Role and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the accounting and finance departments

• Validate all financial controls and procedures within the business

• Ensure adequate maintenance of proper policies and procedures

• Manage audits of the business and work with auditing firms

• Prepare annual budgets

• Prepare financial reports which include income statements and balance sheets

• Perform and direct treasury functions within the business

• Coordinates periodical closing processes

• Prepare supporting schedules for periodical financial reviews and financial audits

• Manage all finance and accounting operations

• Performs other duties as assigned

Essential Skills and Attributes:

Personal and Social Competence

• Ability to work with and influence people in a professional and positive setting.

• Fosters an environment that encourages teamwork and collaboration, both internally and externally.

• Leads by example, maintains an even temperament under pressure.

• High integrity and honesty; promote ethical behavior and trust in all actions.

• Creative and change-oriented coupled with an assertive, energetic self-starter.

• Above average written, oral and facilitation skills with ability to articulate detailed information in a clear and concise manner.

• Conveys information in understandable terms at all levels of the organization.

Minimum education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

• 5 years’ experience in related accounting experience

• Data entry skills

• Oral communication skills

• Written communication skills

• Above average accounting skills

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Ability

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance

instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability

to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Math Ability

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral,

or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in

standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of word processing

software, spreadsheet software, and internet software.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.