Senior Accountant

Brilliant® is an award-winning contract and consulting practice headquartered in Chicago and specializing in accounting, finance, technology, and business solutions for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. labor markets.

Job Description

Our client, a large global manufacturing company, is looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to manage multiple plant locations. This position will involve activity around costing, analysis, and inventory. Ideal candidate will have strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with various levels of employees and management. This position is a long-term consulting role, expected duration 5-6 months.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility includes participating in the closing and preparation of month end statements, the monthly preparation of key performance indicator reports, tracking and reporting of capital projects, assisting with the preparation and submittal of the property tax reports and payments, maintaining documentation to satisfy Sarbanes Oxley requirement.
• Prepare calculations and journal entries related to capital expenditures, natural gas, electricity, finished goods, fixed assets, etc.
• Assisting with internal and external audits, the yearly preparation of budget and quarterly updates and providing any other reports requested by the corporate office
• Works with Internal Controls Department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed.
• Prepare annual budget and monthly reporting & analysis.
• Assist in monthly financial closings which may include reconciliations of accounts, review and analysis of actual to budget or forecast variances.
• Analyze ROI, profitability and pricing for business unit segments and products
• Manage complex special assignments.

Qualifications

• B.A. degree in Accounting, Finance or related.
• 5-10 years of accounting or financial analysis experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience working with large ERP system (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, etc.).
• Advanced Excel skills.

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