Senior Accountant

About the Role

A Snapshot of Your Day

We are seeking an experienced senior accountant with a strong focus on automation and digital tools to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of accounting principles and practices, combined with a passion for leveraging technology to streamline processes and improve efficiency. This individual supports the team financial reporting and accounting close topics.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Reporting and Financial Statement preparation: Assist in the preparation of month-end, quarter-end, and annual financial reporting, including Balance Sheet, P&L, statutory notes, and key certifications.
• Digital Projects: Drive strategic and cross-functional projects by identifying digitalization opportunities, implementing technology-enabled process improvements, and strengthening team capability in leveraging modern tools.
• Operational Improvement: Facilitate workshops on digital tools while documenting processes to enhance clarity, consistency, and continuous improvement across financial operations.
• Financial Controls: Enhance governance and financial controls by improving account reconciliations, supporting journal entry preparation, and contributing to compliance with central accounting requirements (AP, ICC, and other global topics).
• External Audit Liaison: Collaborate as a key partner with external auditors, preparing SAP-based reporting packages and supporting documentation to ensure smooth and efficient quarterly and annual audit cycles.
• Planning and Valuation: Support planning, valuation, and investment-related reporting, including long-range plan consolidation and analytics-driven work supporting CGU and goodwill assessments.

What You Bring

• A university degree or college diploma in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or related field; CPA designation strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of accounting experience, ideally with exposure to both reporting and digital/automation initiatives (Big 4 or public accounting experience considered an asset).
• Strong proficiency in SAP and advanced MS Office, with hands-on experience using data analytics or visualization tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Proven ability to take initiative and independently drive complex projects and process improvements, including leveraging automation to enhance financial workflows and challenge existing practices.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

About the Team

Our Corporate and Global Functions are essential in driving the company's strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence across various departments, business areas, and regions. These roles support our vision to become the most valued energy technology company in the world. As part of our team, you contribute to our vision by shaping the global energy transition, partnering with our internal and external stakeholders, and conducting business responsibly and in compliance with legal requirements and regulations.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

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