Accountant, Retail, Inventory Accounting

Key Tasks

• Perform daily analysis of gross margin and inventory reports for one region of the company.
• Work closely with the Branch Managers and Branch personnel to ensure accurate reporting or margins and inventory transactions.
• Aid Regional Finance Managers and Analysts in researching any inventory transactions resulting in questionable margins or inventory levels.
• Complete monthly SOX reports to ensure proper internal controls over inventory transactions.
• Perform validity checks before posting inventory adjustments submitted by the branches.
• Aid Division personnel with consignment inventory contracts.
• Aid Division personnel with required yearly physical counts of inventory at each branch - including participation in physical counts of inventory, reconciliation of inventory counts and adjusting of variances.
• Perform accounting functions, including journal entries, account reconciliation and transactional review.
• Assist with special projects and other duties as assigned by Inventory Supervisors, Operations Accounting Sr. Manager, or other Operations Accounting Management.
• Approximately 5% travel for attendance at Regional/Divisional Meetings, visits to Branches, attendance at inventory counts/recounts.

Skills

• Ability to work well with variety of different business areas within the company.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ability to prioritize and work with competing deadlines.
• Strong verbal, written communication, strong computer (MS Office - Excel), analytical and organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
• Ability to understand and analyze issues and apply accounting standards to reflect accurate financial reporting.
• PeopleSoft and/or SAP experience a plus.
• Strong integrity and business ethics.

Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 0-3 years of Accounting experience
• Accounting designations not required