Bloomberg

Staff Accountant, Compensation Accounting

Bloomberg$85K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA preferred
  • 3+ years of experience with a focus on reconciliations
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Lookups, pivot tables)
  • Collaborative mindset with task prioritization skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Effective time management and work organization skills

Responsibilities

  • Complete the month-end close cycle, including journal entry preparation and posting
  • Perform variance analysis and investigate discrepancies
  • Assist with financial and internal management reporting
  • Prepare and maintain accurate account reconciliations
  • Support statutory and external audits
  • Work on special projects and ad hoc analyses
  • Partner with teams to provide value-added analysis
  • Identify opportunities to improve process efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits plan including merit increases and incentive compensation
  • Paid holidays and paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short and long term disability benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Life insurance and wellness programs
Full Job Description
Description & Requirements

We'll trust you to:
• Complete the month-end close cycle, including preparation and posting journal entries
• Perform variance analysis on actual vs. actual, actual vs budget/forecast, investigate discrepancies and explain the driver
• Assist with financial reporting and internal management reporting
• Prepare and maintain account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of reconciling items
• Support statutory, internal and external audits
• Work on special projects and ad hoc analysis, as needed
• Partner with teams outside of Compensation Accounting to provide value added analysis
• Support internal and external stakeholders with all ensuing requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency of existing processes and propose enhancements
• Bring a positive, proactive attitude to a high-performing and collaborative team.

You'll need to have:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA preferred but not required
• 3+ years of experience, with a strong focus in reconciliations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including Lookups and pivot tables
• A collaborative attitude and the ability to prioritize tasks as needed
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong time management and work organization skills

We'd Love to See:
• Public Accounting Experience

Salary Range = 85,000 - 120,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch. Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools and enterprise applications such as analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product. Bloomberg L.P. also includes a wire service (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), digital websites, a radio station (WBBR), subscription-only newsletters, and three magazines: Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, and Bloomberg Pursuits.
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