Senior Accounting Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Accounting Analyst

Classification: Exempt

Reports to: SVP Finance & Administration

Department: Finance

Supervision: N/A

Role Purpose: The Senior Accounting Analyst actively contributes to the realization of the Company’s Financial Strategy, by providing effective, accurate and timely information and high-quality support to SVP of Finance and designated business units to support the delivery of their ongoing business objectives and targets. The Senior Accounting Analyst will act as a trusted point of contact, using financial expertise and problem-solving skills to lead, advise and constructively challenge financial performance to deliver effective budgetary control and financial forecasting information. Assisting the business units to understand and comply with established budgets is also a key part of this role. The Senior Accounting Analyst will proactively build and manage effective relationships with internal stakeholders, providing high quality financial analysis to support and drive decision-making, while ensuring budget adherence. The role will lead the annual budget process for the respective business units, ensuring accuracy and completion to the agreed timetable.

Key Responsibilities:

Act as Finance contact, supporting and guiding internal stakeholders to make financially informed and compliant decisions in a timely manner.

Produce and develop the monthly department reports to the agreed reporting timetable, that reflect the financial performance of each department and includes meaningful commentary to support key decision-making.

Prepare monthly flux report (variance explanations to budget and prior year).

Prepare monthly KPI report

Prepare financial forecasts for the different Wapa entities as requested.

Produce monthly profitability analysis as required.

Support local programs and programming amortization analysis as required.

Prepare journal entries for monthly financial close. as required

Prepare account reconciliations

Participate in annual budget meetings with key stakeholders to obtain inputs for the preparation of the annual budget.

Support the annual budget process and preparation for the different Wapa entities.

Ensure the production of robust, quality information including various project and cost reports, reviewing these proactively with internal stakeholders, highlighting and investigating variances

Produce and issue other relevant ad-hoc financial reporting as required.

Communicate financial information and guidance in a clear and non-technical manner to non-finance colleagues in the business units, acting as the interface or “translator”

Skills:

Bachelors Degree in Accounting

CPA a plus

5 or more years of experience in accounting area or in similar role

Analytical thinking

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Teamwork

Knowledge of Great Plains software

MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint)

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Have initiative and drive

Attentive to detail

Problem Solver

Confidentiality

PATRONO CON IGUALDAD DE OPORTUNIDADES DE EMPLEO

EEO/AAP/M/F/V/D

Full-time