Specialist, Accounting - Close Operations
$79,500–$148,500 year
HybridColumbus, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Lead the monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing process by planning, coordinating, and performing complex accounting functions. Establish and implement new or revised accounting policies and procedures while preparing sophisticated financial and regulatory statements for internal management and external regulatory authorities. Develop and submit complex accounting transactions to ensure accurate reporting, analyze financial data to identify unfavorable trends, and recommend management actions or workflow improvements. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GAAP and statutory regulatory requirements to prepare state and supplemental reports for auditors, IRS, and state examiners. Serve as a group leader for selected projects and assist management in applying financial analysis to solve administrative and operating problems.
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate studies in accounting, finance or business administration
- Four to six years of related accounting experience
- GAAP and/or STAT knowledge and/or functional business area regulatory requirements
- Complex financial statement preparation, including consolidation of companies/subsidiaries
- Principles of taxation and the related impact on financial statement preparation
- Accounting and/or business computer systems
- Company organizational structure and products and services
- Verbal and written communication skills for internal/external contacts
- Ability to analyze, discover and solve accounting problems
- Ability to interpret financial documents and data
- Ability to analyze and interpret legal requirements
- Project management skills
- Ability to interpret changes in financial reporting and legal requirements relative to the impact on financial statement preparation and to the formulation of company or business area policies and procedures
- Ability to effectively operate a personal computer and related software using advanced techniques
- Ability to apply accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices to specialized, unique and/or nonrecurring complex problems
- Valid credit and/or background check
Desired Qualifications
- accounting major and degree preferred
- Progress towards CPA preferred
- insurance experience preferred
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