Accounting Analyst

Primary Responsibilities

• Review and approve monthly and quarterly account reconciliations as prepared by the Global Staff Accountant to lower risk and ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
• Review and approve medium to high risk journal entries as prepared by the Global Staff Accountant
• Act as the escalation point of contact for the Sysco entities on the balance sheet accounts assigned
• Overall responsibility for month-end task list, including BPC reporting packages for financial consolidation, on assigned accounts and entities to ensure all period close activities are completed on time and accurately
• Regularly attend key stakeholder meetings to discuss open risks and develop action plans to resolve
• Develops and performs analytics on key accounts to drive resolution, create efficiencies in reviews, provide entity wide visibility, and reduce overall risk
• Support internal and external audit requests
• Review and provide feedback to the SBS Global team regarding Reconciliations, Journal Entries and other assigned tasks
• Review and approve SOPs prepared by Global Staff Accountants; ensure the accuracy of current SOPs and assist Global Staff Accountants to revise if needed
• Mentor new Accounting Analysts at SBS and Staff Accountants at SBS Global team members on Sysco Accounting processes and culture
• Suggest process improvements and works with upstream process owners to streamline the end-to-end processes
• Complete special projects as necessary
• Ensures adherence to department goals/metrics, Internal Audit reports, and SLAs.

Education/Experience

• 5 years Accounting or related experience required
• Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance required

Skills

• Demonstrates the ability to analyze and reconcile reports
• Able to find & resolve discrepancies
• Able to work cross-functionally to solve problems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and specialized accounting / finance software ERP Systems (i.e., workday)
• Strong communication skills