Senior Accountant

Position:

Senior Accountant

Position Overview:

This role offers an exciting opportunity for a growth-minded candidate to make a material contribution to the finance, accounting and operational objectives of Rockbridge and its corporate entities. In this role, a successful candidate will contribute to a wide range of corporate accounting workstreams that relate to and support various internal and external reporting requirements. This individual will be directly responsible for completing critical accounting deliverables, including materials that are provided to Rockbridge senior leadership. He or she will interact with internal and external parties alongside other Corporate Accounting team members and will directly support the corporate accounting function under the Rockbridge Controller & CFO. Candidates should possess strong technical accounting capabilities, high organizational aptitude and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Directly responsible for month-end close and financial reporting for a range of new and/or sensitive corporate accounting entities and topics, including Rockbridge’s charitable organizations and sensitive executive level transactions and financial reports.
• Direct accountability for critical tasks within the corporate expense reimbursement and allocation processes, including employee expense reimbursement review and analysis.
• Contribute to recurring corporate month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, including journal entry preparation and posting, account reconciliation preparation and production of various internal schedules and analyses.
• Assist with preparation and maintenance of financial statements and related supplemental reports.
• Assist in the completion of other related workstreams on an as-needed basis, including but not limited to, expense classification review in the general ledger, data entry and/or analysis for Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable, etc.
• Identify process inefficiencies and provide recommendations for process improvements and enhancements in related workstreams.
• Directly support the annual financial statement audit process through production of supporting schedules, handling of sample requests and responding to audit inquiries.
• Support the Controller with ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis as needed.

Candidate Qualifications:

• Four-year degree in Finance, Accounting, or related area
• Three to five years of related experience
• CPA strongly preferred
• Public accounting experience strongly preferred
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented and hands-on
• Capable of navigating a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent computer skills, with an emphasis on Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to track and make progress on multiple workstreams simultaneously.