Senior Accountant

About the role

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Month-End Execution & GL Management: Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting activities for assigned areas in strict accordance with the close schedule. Prepare and process required GL entries, manage recurring entries, and handle specialized adjustments including prepaids, deferred rents, and reclassifications amongst others.
• Account Reconciliations: Prepare and maintain comprehensive account reconciliations for assigned accounts using, ensuring all variances are researched and resolved in a timely manner.
• Cash & Treasury Support: Prepare bank reconciliations and execute required journal entries related to corporate cash transfers, interest, and bank fees.
• Audit Preparation: Prepare robust year-end audit schedules with complete supporting documentation. Coordinate directly with internal teams to gather necessary information, ensuring audit-ready files are prepared for external auditors.
• Financial Statement Support: Support the financial reporting process by coordinating and gathering data from various internal sources to assist in the preparation of audited Financial Statement footnotes and disclosure updates.
• Process Improvement & Optimization: Proactively identify inefficiencies in existing accounting workflows, recommend automation or standardization strategies, and lead initiatives to shorten the month-end close cycle.
• Problem Solving & Special Projects: Apply professional judgment and advanced accounting skills to independently investigate and solve simple to complex accounting issues. Participate in special projects as requested.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education/Certifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, in accounting/finance /audit is a must. CPA Preferred.
• Preferred Skills and Experience: 5+ years related accounting experience required with the demonstrated ability to assume ownership of assigned activities. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent organizational abilities to meet close deadlines, and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. SAP experience preferred.

Required Skills

• Highly proficient computer skills in MS Office, accounting software and databases.

Job Environment

• Physical Requirements: Standing Occasionally (16-45%), Sitting Frequently (46-100%), Lifting Up to 10lbs without assistance, Carrying Up to 10lbs without assistance, Walking Occasionally (16-45%), Hearing Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s), Vision Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses, Mental Requirements: Problem Solving Occasionally (16-45%), Making Decisions Ability to make decisions that have a moderate impact, Supervise Rarely (0-15%), Interpret Data Frequently (46-100%), Organize Occasionally (16-45%), Read/Write Frequently (46-100%), Communication Frequently (46-100%).

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Note

This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.