The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing complex general ledger accounting activities, supporting the company's month-end close procedures, and ensuring financial records and statements are in compliance with U.S. GAAP. This position is expected to operate with a high degree of independence, taking ownership of assigned workstreams, driving process improvements, and supporting audit and project needs as they arise. This position reports to the Manager of Accounting.
This is a Remote based role, but candidate is required to be located in the US Central Time Zone or Eastern Time Zone.Essential Functions: - Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and month-end reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance with U.S. GAAP
- Prepare and process journal entries and account reconciliations as part of the company's month-end close procedures
- Analyze month-over-month variances and assist in analyzing performance variances; communicate findings clearly to management
- Support the periodic evaluation, implementation, and deployment of financial systems used by the Company
- Support daily accounting operations across the general ledger and other assigned areas
- Serve as a backup for various accounting functions as needed to ensure continuity of operations
- Respond in a timely manner to all forms of inquiries from internal and external customers or suppliers
- Resolve issues arising from actions or events involving administrative functions
- Support financial audit activities by gathering and organizing supporting documentation and liaising with auditors as needed
- Maintain, update, and improve process flow documentation and policies and procedures supporting the assigned areas
- Identify inefficiencies and drive process improvement and automation initiatives; document workflows, evaluate controls, and leverage technology to reduce manual effort and drive sustainable change
- Assist with month-end close procedures, ensuring all assigned tasks are completed accurately and on time
- Assist with other duties and special projects as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting
- Proficiency with internal control concepts
- Experience collaborating with external auditors
- Organized with extreme attention to detail and deadlines; ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment
- Judgment to plan, prioritize, and accomplish goals; ability to think ahead and be proactive
- Able to manage multiple concurrent projects; meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, and stays focused under pressure
- Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing; creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, and has good listening skills
- Tackles problems and takes independent action; seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, and practices self-development
- Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner; is accountable for actions, supports Company values, and conveys both good news and bad
- Meets all team and individual deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values options, helps meet goals and promotes a team atmosphere
- Ability to adapt approach to the situation, work through conflicts, gain trust, and persuasively influence outcomes
- Ability to solve problems, take ownership of workstream tasks, and deliver results
- Maintains extreme confidentiality, both internally and externally, with all matters
- Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions; asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present; adapts to new environments and changing requirements; pivots quickly as needed
- When coached, responds to need and seeks information from other sources; shows commitment and dedication to shrink the learning curve
- Demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements and automation; able to document workflows, evaluate controls, leverage technology to reduce manual effort, and drive sustainable change across accounting operations
- Experience supporting internal and/or external audit processes; familiar with audit request management, documentation standards, and working effectively with auditors
- Flexibility to work overtime during busy periods such as month-end, quarter-end, year-end close, and during audits
- Must be able to participate in virtual meetings with audio and video capability; accommodations available upon request
- Comfortable working with dual monitors; experience with a dual monitor setup preferred. Equipment can be provided for qualified candidates
- Ability to travel to Tampa Headquarters and other meeting locations occasionally
Education, Work Experience and Certifications - Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
- 3-5 years of related accounting experience required
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel required
- CPA or actively pursuing CPA preferred
- Workday Financials experience strongly preferred
- Experience with a professional services organization a plus
- Experience with private equity backed organization a plus
- Experience with a middle market organization preferred
At Schellman, we strive to provide a flexible and balanced environment and therefore offer the opportunity to work remotely, unless otherwise stated in the job requirements. Connecting, collaborating and continuous education are also highly valued and therefore we require some travel annually for our Internal Service Delivery roles, which can include in-person training, team meet-ups, and strategy meetings. Service Delivery team members will also be required to travel based on business and client needs.
