Senior Accountant

About the role

The Senior Accountant is jointly responsible for financial and accounting activities within a McLane Company, Inc. grocery division. They also have frontline supervisory and leadership responsibilities for the division's non-exempt accounting team.

Responsibilities

• Share responsibility for all aspects of the financial reporting of a division, such as: Financial statement preparation and management including advanced balance sheet reconciliations
• Support all departments in expense control to include review and analysis
• Set up, maintain, and inventory fixed assets
• Prepare documents for internal and external audits
• Maintain compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), McLane accounting policies, best practices and other internal controls
• Prepare, file and pay product excise taxes and other taxes as needed including: Forecast and facilitate the purchase of excise tax indicia
• Aid in meeting physical security and internal control objectives of tax indicia and taxable product
• Facilitate various jurisdictional audit and information requests
• Supervise and train accounting department clerical staff

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA-in-progress preferred
• Possess 3 or more years of accounting experience
• Possess strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Possess strong analytical skills
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Possess the ability to organize, forecast and meet deadlines

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• FSA/HSA
• Company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off begins day one
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan after 90 days
• Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more!