Lead Accountant

Career Growth

Career Growth: Advance your career with opportunities for leadership and personal development.

Culture of Excellence

Culture of Excellence: Be part of a supportive team that values your input and encourages innovation.

Competitive Benefits

Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that looks after both your professional and personal needs.

Total Rewards

• Compensation: Competitive and fair compensation structure based on skill set, experience, qualifications, and job-related requirements.
• Benefits: Includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, retirement plans, and generous paid leave.

A Day In The Life

• Monthly Close of the General Ledger for GSFS Group.
• Maintain the close schedule.
• Prepare journal entries - including recurring entries - for Month End Close.
• Make materiality decisions on close entries.
• Analyze, generate and process intercompany entries needed to adjust or reallocate expenses between business units.
• Prepare, review and/or post Intercompany billing forms.
• Maintain well-documented workpapers for journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts in a timely fashion including intercompany balances; resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Compare the actual results to the budgeted results and provide variance explanations on a monthly basis.
• Analyze monthly and year-end financial data to ensure that it is recorded accurately, in accordance with GAAP.
• Aid in reviewing or preparing ancillary audit schedules, audit footnotes, tax schedules and tax forms.
• Participate in annual business planning process; provide information and assistance to business units, as requested.
• Coordinate and communicate actions between the departments within the company.
• Research and resolve accounting transaction questions and other customer issues in an agreed upon timeframe.
• Strive to satisfy customers. Minimize referrals to management.
• Maintain checklist and other logs to ensure completeness in financials.
• Support and act as back-up to other team functions - Oracle GL Admin, pool, intercompany.
• May participate in or support project and process improvement teams.
• Collaborates with co-workers and GSFS/GSA leaders to leverage knowledge and experience to improve processes, procedures and the work environment in order to eliminate inefficient and ineffective processes and procedures.

Compliance

Compliance: Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, GSFS and FCI policies and operating standards and applicable federal and state laws.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from four-year College or university
• Req5-7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Required: Ability to apply common sense.
• Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) active or working towards certification.

Skills

• Advanced-Authority Required: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Advanced-Authority Required: Technical Accounting
• Advanced-Authority Required: Standard Accounting Practices
• Advanced-Authority Required: Cost Accounting
• Advanced-Authority Required: Balancing (Ledger/Billing)
• Advanced-Authority Required: Tax Preparation
• Advanced-Authority Required: Ethical Standards And Conduct

Physical Requirements

• Analyzing and interpreting data.
• Communicating.
• Remaining in a stationary position for a significant amount of the work day.
• Frequently accessing, inputting, and retrieving information from the computer and other office productivity devices.
• Moving about the office and around the corporate campus.
• Moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally moving up to 25 pounds.

Hazardous Conditions

• Extreme cold - Rarely
• Extreme heat - Rarely
• Humidity - Rarely
• Wet - Rarely
• Noise - Occasionally
• Temperature Change - Rarely
• Atmospheric Conditions - Rarely
• Vibration - Rarely

Travel Requirements

Travel Requirements: 10% Periodic Travel May Be Required

Join Us

The Friedkin Group and its affiliates are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at TalentAcquisition@friedkin.com. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. We are seeking candidates legally authorized to work in the United States, without Sponsorship.