The Senior Associate Accountant is a position within the Americas Controller organization. The associate will work closely with other members of the Finance organization, especially members of FP&A, Legal, Regional Shared Service, and Treasury.   

Responsibilities 

• Responsible for month-end/quarter-end closing the general ledger for Corporate entities timely and accurately (posting journal entries, preparing account reconciliations, loading the consolidation system, preparing SOX controls, and coordinating with upstream/downstream functions to resolve issues). 
• Preparing quarterly financial statements, accounting forms, analytics, and governmental filings. 
• Monitoring assigned accounts to ensure that monthly activity is posted accurately, efficiently and if issues are detected, a recommendation is made to resolve. 
• Interfacing with internal and external auditors. 
• Assist with special project or ad hoc requests as needed. 
• Identifying, solving and/or escalating accounting issues to his/her supervisor. 
• Interface with external third party service providers on special purpose entities. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with 0-2 years of progressive accounting experience. 
• Advanced degree or CPA a plus. 
• Understanding of accounting principles & internal controls. 
• Applies concepts and guidelines; demonstrates healthy skepticism and effective problem solving and analytical skills. 
• Previous experience with SAP is plus. 
• Proficient in Microsoft office products. 
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and work independently with limited supervision. 
• Self-motivated, driven and effectively prioritizes assignments. 
• Exhibits a positive can-do attitude and approaches responsibilities with an open mind. 
• Ability to deal with ambiguity.