Accounting Specialist (Senior level), Englewood, NJ (USA)
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- Intro about Ferrari: could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company"? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use "About the role" for the introductory paragraph about Ferrari and the role.
- Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Requirements: maybe education and experience: Bachelor's degree, 5-7 years.
- Skills: list of required skills.
- Qualifications: maybe CPA highly desirable etc. Could combine with Skills? But we can separate.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not present, so omit.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO etc. Remove "We are an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc.
Also remove duplicated lines.
Let's extract content.
Job description text:
"Ferrari has a most desirable track record, in Formula One as well as in GT production cars, record business results and voted one of the World's most powerful brands. Working with Ferrari means working with engineering excellence and innovation on the highest level. Above all Ferrari is an international team working with the highest level of professionalism and dedication, based on performance, meritocracy and continuous development, with innovation at the heart of our future. In order to strengthen our Accounting team in Ferrari Finanical Services, Inc., we are looking to hire a Accounting Specialist (Senior level), based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. In this position you will be reponsible Assist in the company’s financial closing process related to the general ledger accounts including balance sheet and profit & loss accounts in a timely manner. Maintain accuracy of company financial information while ensuring internal controls and procedures are followed. As part of the team, your main responsiblities will be:Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Conduct general ledger activity related to Ferrari Financial Services business Journal entries Account reconciliations Account analysis Assist with financial statement preparation and submission to Parent company Maintain/update portfolio asset database system and use results to create robust reporting structure Comply with monthly, quarterly and annual public company reporting requirements Manage third party providers regarding accounting, account reconciliations and lease/loan administration system inquiries Coordinate daily dealer funding, including review of contracts and required supporting documentation Review and approve manual journal entries. Regular interaction with colleagues at Maranello factory/prompt response to inquiries required Calculate and review payoffs as requested by the business Verify all dealer finance commission payouts Assist with periodic state reporting requirements Handle tax request and annual audit requests. Ad hoc request and improvements as needed. In order to succeed in this challenging role Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and/ or Finance. 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience required. The following skills are required to perform the role: Experience with G/L functions and the month-end/year end close process. Experience in auto industry accounting is a plus. Finance company experience is a plus. Public Accounting experience is a plus. CPA is highly desirable. Knowledge of Flexi financial software is a plus. Thorough knowledge cost center and balance sheet analysis. Knowledge of Financial statement flux analysis. Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, ever-changing environment. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (USA) Seniority: Senior Level"
We need to parse.
First paragraph: about Ferrari and role intro.
Then "In this position you will be reponsible Assist in the company’s financial closing process..." This seems like a responsibility sentence.
Then "As part of the team, your main responsiblities will be:Essential Duties and Responsibilities:" then list.
We need to combine responsibilities into a list.
Let's extract responsibilities bullet points:
- Conduct general ledger activity related to Ferrari Financial Services business
- Journal entries
- Account reconciliations
- Account analysis
- Assist with financial statement preparation and submission to Parent company
- Maintain/update portfolio asset database system and use results to create robust reporting structure
- Comply with monthly, quarterly and annual public company reporting requirements
- Manage third party providers regarding accounting, account reconciliations and lease/loan administration system inquiries
- Coordinate daily dealer funding, including review of contracts and required supporting documentation
- Review and approve manual journal entries.
- Regular interaction with colleagues at Maranello factory/prompt response to inquiries required
- Calculate and review payoffs as requested by the business
- Verify all dealer finance commission payouts
- Assist with periodic state reporting requirements
- Handle tax request and annual audit requests.
- Ad hoc request and improvements as needed.
Also earlier sentence: "Assist in the company’s financial closing process related to the general ledger accounts including balance sheet and profit & loss accounts in a timely manner. Maintain accuracy of company financial information while ensuring internal controls and procedures are followed." These are also responsibilities; we can include them as bullets.
Now requirements: "Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and/ or Finance. 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience required."
Skills: list after "The following skills are required to perform the role:" includes:
- Experience with G/L functions and the month-end/year end close process.
- Experience in auto industry accounting is a plus.
- Finance company experience is a plus.
- Public Accounting experience is a plus.
- CPA is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of Flexi financial software is a plus.
- Thorough knowledge cost center and balance sheet analysis.
- Knowledge of Financial statement flux analysis.
- Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, ever-changing environment.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office
We could treat "CPA is highly desirable" as qualification maybe. But we can put in Skills or Qualifications. The instruction says we can have Qualifications section. Might be appropriate to put education/experience under Requirements, and certifications/desirables under Qualifications. But we can also put all under Skills. However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's create sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (education + experience), Skills (list of skills). Possibly Qualifications for CPA etc. But we can incorporate CPA into Skills as it's a skill/qualification. Might be okay.
We must not create sections with filler. So we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
Structure:
About the role
... intro paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and/or Finance.
- 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience required.
Skills
- Experience with G/L functions and the month-end/year end close process.
- Experience in auto industry accounting is a plus.
- Finance company experience is a plus.
- Public Accounting experience is a plus.
- CPA is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of Flexi financial software is a plus.
- Thorough knowledge cost center and balance sheet analysis.
- Knowledge of Financial statement flux analysis.
- Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, ever-changing environment.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info. Did we miss any? The intro paragraph: we need to include the Ferrari description and location etc. Let's craft a concise but complete paragraph.
Original intro: "Ferrari has a most desirable track record, in Formula One as well as in GT production cars, record business results and voted one of the World's most powerful brands. Working with Ferrari means working with engineering excellence and innovation on the highest level. Above all Ferrari is an international team working with the highest level of professionalism and dedication, based on performance, meritocracy and continuous development, with innovation at the heart of our future. In order to strengthen our Accounting team in Ferrari Finanical Services, Inc., we are looking to hire a Accounting Specialist (Senior level), based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ."
We should keep that as prose.
Also note there is a typo "Finanical". We must preserve as is? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the typo as is.
Thus About the role paragraph: combine those sentences.
Now responsibilities: also include the earlier sentence about assisting in financial closing process etc. Let's add those as bullets.
List of responsibilities bullets:
- Assist in the company’s financial closing process related to the general ledger accounts including balance sheet and profit & loss accounts in a timely manner.
- Maintain accuracy of company financial information while ensuring internal controls and procedures are followed.
- Conduct general ledger activity related to Ferrari Financial Services business
- Journal entries
- Account reconciliations
- Account analysis
- Assist with financial statement preparation and submission to Parent company
- Maintain/update portfolio asset database system and use results to create robust reporting structure
- Comply with monthly, quarterly and annual public company reporting requirements
- Manage third party providers regarding accounting, account reconciliations and lease/loan administration system inquiries
- Coordinate daily dealer funding, including review of contracts and required supporting documentation
- Review and approve manual journal entries.
- Regular interaction with colleagues at Maranello factory/prompt response to inquiries required
- Calculate and review payoffs as requested by the business
- Verify all dealer finance commission payouts
- Assist with periodic state reporting requirements
- Handle tax request and annual audit requests.
- Ad hoc request and improvements as needed.
Check for duplicates: "Journal entries" etc are fine.
Now requirements: we have Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years.
Skills: as above.
Now ensure we didn't include location or seniority as separate sections; we can include location in About the role paragraph maybe. The location is mentioned: "based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ." Also later "Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (USA)" and "Seniority: Senior Level". We should preserve that info. Could add to About the role paragraph: "based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ." Also we could mention Seniority: Senior Level. Let's incorporate.
Thus About the role paragraph: include the Ferrari description, the role title, location, seniority.
Let's craft:
"Ferrari has a most desirable track record, in Formula One as well as in GT production cars, record business results and voted one of the World's most powerful brands. Working with Ferrari means working with engineering excellence and innovation on the highest level. Above all Ferrari is an international team working with the highest level of professionalism and dedication, based on performance, meritocracy and continuous development, with innovation at the heart of our future. In order to strengthen our Accounting team in Ferrari Finanical Services, Inc., we are looking to hire an Accounting Specialist (Senior level), based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. In this position you will be responsible..."
Note we need to fix grammar: "reponsible" -> but we must preserve as is? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The typo is part of the original; we should keep it? It's a typo but it's substantive? It's likely we should keep original text exactly. However we can correct obvious typos? The instruction says do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Changing a typo could be considered inventing? It's not adding info, just correcting. Safer to keep as is. But the phrase "you
for prose. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO etc. Remove "We are an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Let's extract content. Job description text: "Ferrari has a most desirable track record, in Formula One as well as in GT production cars, record business results and voted one of the World's most powerful brands. Working with Ferrari means working with engineering excellence and innovation on the highest level. Above all Ferrari is an international team working with the highest level of professionalism and dedication, based on performance, meritocracy and continuous development, with innovation at the heart of our future. In order to strengthen our Accounting team in Ferrari Finanical Services, Inc., we are looking to hire a Accounting Specialist (Senior level), based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. In this position you will be reponsible Assist in the company’s financial closing process related to the general ledger accounts including balance sheet and profit & loss accounts in a timely manner. Maintain accuracy of company financial information while ensuring internal controls and procedures are followed. As part of the team, your main responsiblities will be:Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Conduct general ledger activity related to Ferrari Financial Services business Journal entries Account reconciliations Account analysis Assist with financial statement preparation and submission to Parent company Maintain/update portfolio asset database system and use results to create robust reporting structure Comply with monthly, quarterly and annual public company reporting requirements Manage third party providers regarding accounting, account reconciliations and lease/loan administration system inquiries Coordinate daily dealer funding, including review of contracts and required supporting documentation Review and approve manual journal entries. Regular interaction with colleagues at Maranello factory/prompt response to inquiries required Calculate and review payoffs as requested by the business Verify all dealer finance commission payouts Assist with periodic state reporting requirements Handle tax request and annual audit requests. Ad hoc request and improvements as needed. In order to succeed in this challenging role Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and/ or Finance. 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience required. The following skills are required to perform the role: Experience with G/L functions and the month-end/year end close process. Experience in auto industry accounting is a plus. Finance company experience is a plus. Public Accounting experience is a plus. CPA is highly desirable. Knowledge of Flexi financial software is a plus. Thorough knowledge cost center and balance sheet analysis. Knowledge of Financial statement flux analysis. Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, ever-changing environment. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (USA) Seniority: Senior Level" We need to parse. First paragraph: about Ferrari and role intro. Then "In this position you will be reponsible Assist in the company’s financial closing process..." This seems like a responsibility sentence. Then "As part of the team, your main responsiblities will be:Essential Duties and Responsibilities:" then list. We need to combine responsibilities into a list. Let's extract responsibilities bullet points: - Conduct general ledger activity related to Ferrari Financial Services business - Journal entries - Account reconciliations - Account analysis - Assist with financial statement preparation and submission to Parent company - Maintain/update portfolio asset database system and use results to create robust reporting structure - Comply with monthly, quarterly and annual public company reporting requirements - Manage third party providers regarding accounting, account reconciliations and lease/loan administration system inquiries - Coordinate daily dealer funding, including review of contracts and required supporting documentation - Review and approve manual journal entries. - Regular interaction with colleagues at Maranello factory/prompt response to inquiries required - Calculate and review payoffs as requested by the business - Verify all dealer finance commission payouts - Assist with periodic state reporting requirements - Handle tax request and annual audit requests. - Ad hoc request and improvements as needed. Also earlier sentence: "Assist in the company’s financial closing process related to the general ledger accounts including balance sheet and profit & loss accounts in a timely manner. Maintain accuracy of company financial information while ensuring internal controls and procedures are followed." These are also responsibilities; we can include them as bullets. Now requirements: "Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and/ or Finance. 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience required." Skills: list after "The following skills are required to perform the role:" includes: - Experience with G/L functions and the month-end/year end close process. - Experience in auto industry accounting is a plus. - Finance company experience is a plus. - Public Accounting experience is a plus. - CPA is highly desirable. - Knowledge of Flexi financial software is a plus. - Thorough knowledge cost center and balance sheet analysis. - Knowledge of Financial statement flux analysis. - Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, ever-changing environment. - Highly proficient in Microsoft Office We could treat "CPA is highly desirable" as qualification maybe. But we can put in Skills or Qualifications. The instruction says we can have Qualifications section. Might be appropriate to put education/experience under Requirements, and certifications/desirables under Qualifications. But we can also put all under Skills. However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's create sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (education + experience), Skills (list of skills). Possibly Qualifications for CPA etc. But we can incorporate CPA into Skills as it's a skill/qualification. Might be okay. We must not create sections with filler. So we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Structure:
About the role
... intro paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and/or Finance.
- 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience required.
Skills
- Experience with G/L functions and the month-end/year end close process.
- Experience in auto industry accounting is a plus.
- Finance company experience is a plus.
- Public Accounting experience is a plus.
- CPA is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of Flexi financial software is a plus.
- Thorough knowledge cost center and balance sheet analysis.
- Knowledge of Financial statement flux analysis.
- Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, ever-changing environment.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office.