Intermediate Accountant
BOXX Modular (United States) · Exton, PA · 1 mo ago
HybridFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of company and role. We need headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. Let's parse.
Content: company description: "BOXX Modular rents, leases, repairs, renovates and sells temporary and permanent modular buildings..." That's about the company, could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can put company description under About the role.
Responsibilities: list of duties under "Duties And Responsibilities". So we can create Responsibilities section with
- each duty. Requirements: maybe "Qualifications" section includes education, experience, etc. The posting has "Qualifications" heading with bullet list. Also there is "Qualifications" and "Skills" maybe overlapping. We need to decide: The posting includes "Qualifications" list: Completed a professional accounting designation or in progress to completion; Post secondary education or equivalent experience in business, accounting, finance or a relevant related field; 4+ years’ experience in accounting or an accounting related role is necessary; Computer literate including an understanding of accounting programs and Microsoft applications; Experience in managing, leading and interacting with staff; Advanced Excel knowledge; Excellent written and oral communication skills, capable of professional interaction with various levels of operations and other departments; Works well under pressure with multiple concurrent deadlines; Excellent analytical skills and takes initiatives to solve problems; Ability to work independently and as part of a team; Must be fluent in English both oral and written. We could split into Requirements (education, experience) and Skills (technical, soft). But we can also just have Qualifications section covering all. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications and Skills if content exists. Let's extract. Requirements: maybe "Post secondary education or equivalent experience in business, accounting, finance or a relevant related field; 4+ years’ experience in accounting or an accounting related role is necessary; Completed a professional accounting designation or in progress to completion". That's qualifications/experience. Skills: "Computer literate including an understanding of accounting programs and Microsoft applications; Experience in managing, leading and interacting with staff; Advanced Excel knowledge; Excellent written and oral communication skills, capable of professional interaction with various levels of operations and other departments; Works well under pressure with multiple concurrent deadlines; Excellent analytical skills and takes initiatives to solve problems; Ability to work independently and as part of a team; Must be fluent in English both oral and written." Benefits, Pay, Schedule: Not mentioned except "This role is hybrid - in-office with 20% flexibility to work from home." That's schedule info (hybrid). So we can include Schedule section with that detail. No explicit benefits or pay. So we omit Benefits and Pay. Thus sections: About the role (company description + role summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (maybe we combine? but we have both Requirements and Qualifications headings; we need to decide if we have content for both. We could put education/experience under Requirements, and skills under Qualifications? Actually Qualifications often includes education, designation, experience. Skills separate. Let's map: - Requirements: Post secondary education or equivalent experience in business, accounting, finance or a relevant related field; 4+ years’ experience in accounting or an accounting related role is necessary; Completed a professional accounting designation or in progress to completion. - Qualifications: maybe we could treat the list after "Qualifications" as Qualifications. But that list includes many items, some are skills. Could split: Qualifications: Completed a professional accounting designation or in progress to completion; Post secondary education or equivalent experience...; 4+ years’ experience... (these are qualifications). Skills: Computer literate..., Experience managing..., Advanced Excel knowledge..., Excellent written..., Works well..., Excellent analytical..., Ability to work..., Must be fluent... Thus we have both. Let's extract responsibilities list exactly as given. The duties list is a paragraph with sentences separated by no punctuation? We'll split into items. Duties And Responsibilities list: - Support Business Unit accounting functions including ensuring month-end accounting processes are followed and results comply with the company’s accounting policies - Conduct analytical review of business unit performance and results to budget, for monthly management reporting, forecasting, accruals and actuals - Review all weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting for accuracy and correctability - Review and analyze business unit financial forecasting including income statements, capital and cash flows - Upload accruals and journal entries in NetSuite - Prepare and evaluate financial operating reports and present findings recommendations - Oversees monthly sales commission for MSS US Sales Team - Support regional leads and management in preparing budget & forecasts - Support management in all accounting, tax, treasury and controls related issues - Assist in performing ad hoc analysis for internal reporting purposes - Liaise with Corporate Accounting and external auditors for business unit audit requests - Liaise with and support Corporate Financial Reporting in preparation of external financial statements and MD&A - Compile and review International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) research as required - Ensure proper adherence to all administrative and operational processes, procedures and policies in relation to assets; and provide feedback to effectively design preventative and detective controls to aid in the accuracy and timeliness of financial statements. - Regularly offers process improvement ideas, shares best practices and facilitates standardization among divisions - Exercises professional judgment to strike the right balance between the business objectives of the division and the Company’s requirements under IFRS - Other duties as required We'll make each a
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Now About the role: combine company description and role summary: "BOXX Modular rents, leases, repairs, renovates and sells temporary and permanent modular buildings, including standard buildings ready for immediate delivery and custom-designed solutions. We work with our customers to plan and provide workplace solutions, and supply additional services such as delivery and installation, furniture rentals and more. We offer a career, not a job in an environment known for strength, flexibility and brilliance. Like a diamond we look for people who will grow stronger and shine brighter in a fast pace and challenging environment. We are hiring for a full-time Intermediate Accountant in Exton, Pennsylvania. This role is hybrid - in-office with 20% flexibility to work from home. Reporting to the Regional Controller, U.S., the Intermediate Accountant is a professional accountant with 4+ years of experience and a post-secondary education in business, finance or accounting. This role is accountable for providing Business Unit accounting functions, detailed analysis, reporting, audits and budget & forecasts and offers variety and opportunities to provide feedback and ideas in to drive innovation and process improvement. The ideal candidate is a collaborative team player with a keen eye for detail and extensive experience and solid judgment to plan and accomplish goals and perform a variety of tasks, as well as work directly with senior individuals."
We'll put that in
maybe multiple paragraphs but one is fine. Now Requirements: list items. - Completed a professional accounting designation or in progress to completion - Post secondary education or equivalent experience in business, accounting, finance or a relevant related field - 4+ years’ experience in accounting or an accounting related role is necessary We'll put in
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Qualifications: maybe we treat as "Qualifications" heading for the list of qualifications (maybe same as Requirements?). But we already used Requirements for education/experience/designation. Could shift: Requirements: education/experience; Qualifications: skills list? But the instruction says we can have both headings if content. Let's assign:
- Requirements: education/experience/designation (as above)
- Qualifications: maybe we treat the list after "Qualifications" as Qualifications (including computer literate, managing staff, Excel, communication, etc). But that list includes many items that are skills. However we also have Skills heading. Could split: Qualifications: the list of items that are not strictly skills? Hard.
Better: Use Requirements for education/experience/designation; Skills for technical/soft skills; and maybe omit Qualifications heading (or combine). But we need to follow instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we just have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (covering education/experience/designation), Skills (covering technical/soft), Schedule (hybrid). That's four sections. Qualifications heading may be redundant. Let's not include Qualifications if we can cover under Requirements and Skills. The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It doesn't require using all; just if content exists. So we can omit Qualifications.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Schedule.
Check if any content for Benefits/Pay: none.
Now schedule: "This role is hybrid - in-office with 20% flexibility to work from home." We'll put in
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- Completed a professional accounting designation or in progress to completion
- Post secondary education or equivalent experience in business, accounting, finance or a relevant related field
- 4+ years’ experience in accounting or an accounting related role is necessary
- Computer literate including an understanding of accounting programs and Microsoft applications
- Experience in managing, leading and interacting with staff
- Advanced Excel knowledge
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, capable of professional interaction with various levels of operations and other departments
- Works well under pressure with multiple concurrent deadlines
- Excellent analytical skills and takes initiatives to solve problems
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Must be fluent in English both oral and written
. Now ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We didn't. Now output HTML fragment. Let's craft:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
Requirements
Skills
Schedule
This role is hybrid - in-office with 20% flexibility to work from home.
Check that we preserved all substantive info: company description, role summary, responsibilities list, requirements, skills, schedule. Did we miss any detail like "Reporting to the Regional Controller, U.S." included in About the role. Yes we included. Also "This role is accountable for providing Business Unit accounting functions, detailed analysis, reporting, audits and budget & forecasts and offers variety and opportunities to provide feedback and ideas in to drive innovation and process improvement." included. Also "The ideal candidate is a collaborative team player with a keen eye for detail and extensive experience and solid judgment to plan and accomplish goals and perform a variety of tasks, as well as work directly with senior individuals." included. We omitted "Other duties as required" but we included as a responsibility item. We omitted "Liaise with Corporate Accounting and external auditors for business unit audit requests" etc included. We omitted "Compile and review International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) research as required" included. We omitted "Ensure proper adherence to all administrative and operational processes, procedures and policies in relation to assets; and provide feedback to effectively design preventative and detective controls to aid in the accuracy and timeliness of financial statements." included. We omitted "Regularly offers process improvement ideas, shares best practices and facilitates standardization among divisions" included. We omitted "Exercises professional judgment to strike the right balance between the business objectives of the division and the Company’s requirements under IFRS" included. We omitted "Other duties as required" included. We omitted "Assist in performing ad hoc analysis for internal reporting purposes" included. We omitted "Liaise with and support Corporate Financial Reporting in preparation of external financial statements and MD&A" included. We omitted "Support regional leads and management in