Jobs · Accounting · Iowa

Senior Accountant (GAAP, D365, SAP ERP Resource)

Aldevron · Coralville, IA · 3 wk ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes introductory paragraph about Aldevron, then description of Senior Accountant role. We need to use

for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. We need to parse the posting: - Intro: "At Aldevron, we shape the future of medicine..." This is about company, maybe "About the role"? Actually "About the role" could be description of role. The posting includes: "The Senior Accountant is responsible for providing complete, accurate, and timely financial information to support management decision-making. This role maintains accounting records, researches and analyzes account reconciliations and individual transactions, and supports controls and procedures in accordance with GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). This position reports to the Sr. Manger of Finance – SOX and Compliance and is part of the Accounting team located in Fargo, ND or Coralville, IA. This will be an on-site role." Then "In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To" bullet list of duties. Then "The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include" list. Then "It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:" list. Then benefits: "Aldevron, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs..." Then "Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info." "This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay." "We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees." Then note about pay etc. We need to include sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (essential requirements), Qualifications? Might be overlapping. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to decide which sections have content. - About the role: Could be the introductory description of the role (the paragraph about Senior Accountant responsibilities). Could also be the company description. But we need to avoid duplication. Probably "About the role" can contain the description: "The Senior Accountant is responsible for providing complete, accurate, and timely financial information to support management decision-making. This role maintains accounting records, researches and analyzes account reconciliations and individual transactions, and supports controls and procedures in accordance with GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). This position reports to the Sr. Manager of Finance – SOX and Compliance and is part of the Accounting team located in Fargo, ND or Coralville, IA. This will be an on-site role." - Responsibilities: The bullet list under "In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To". Those are duties. - Requirements: The essential requirements list: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; Prefer five years of professional accounting experience; Strong knowledge of GAAP; Proficiency with PC software programs and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office; Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines while working collaboratively. - Qualifications: Could be the "plus" items: Experience working with ERP systems (D365 or SAP); Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Might also be considered skills. But we have a Skills heading. Could put those under Skills. - Benefits: The paragraph about benefits: comprehensive benefit programs, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), bonus/incentive pay eligibility. Also note about pay discretion but we should not include Pay section unless specific pay amount given. There's no specific pay amount, so we should not create Pay section. Similarly Schedule: not given (only mentions on-site role). Could we put Schedule? The posting says "This will be an on-site role." That's schedule info (on-site). Could be considered schedule. But we should only create Schedule section if posting actually states them. It does state on-site. So we could include Schedule section with that detail. But we need to avoid filler like "not specified". On-site is specific. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (or Skills), Benefits, Schedule. We need to decide between Qualifications and Skills. The "plus" items are experience with ERP systems and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Those could be Skills. Could also be Qualifications. Let's treat them as Skills. Thus we have:

About the role

...

Responsibilities

  • ... each duty

Requirements

  • ... each requirement

Skills

  • Experience working with ERP systems, such as D365 or SAP.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

... benefits description

Schedule

This is an on-site role.

We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract exact text. About the role paragraph: We'll combine sentences. Original: "The Senior Accountant is responsible for providing complete, accurate, and timely financial information to support management decision-making. This role maintains accounting records, researches and analyzes account reconciliations and individual transactions, and supports controls and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). This position reports to the Sr. Manger of Finance – SOX and Compliance and is part of the Accounting team located in Fargo, ND or Coralville, IA. This will be an on-site role." Note typo "Sr. Manger". Keep as is. Responsibilities bullet list: The text after "In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To" then lines: - Support the integrity of the trial balance by preparing general ledger entries, maintaining supporting documentation, and reconciling the general ledger to sub-ledgers and subsidiary ledgers. - Perform month-end close activities accurately and on time, including account reconciliations, financial statement variance analysis, and standard and non-recurring journal entries in accordance with US GAAP. - Research and interpret financial data to respond to management inquiries and support timely, accurate reporting. - Contribute to continuous improvement by documenting accounting procedures, recommending stronger controls and efficiencies, and maintaining knowledge of relevant accounting practices and regulatory requirements. - Serve as an effective D365 and SAP ERP user and resource while demonstrating the Company’s Core Values, informally coaching staff accountants, and performing other duties as assigned. We need to preserve exactly. Requirements list: "The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.Prefer five years of professional accounting experience.Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).Proficiency with PC software programs and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.Strong attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines while working collaboratively." Note missing spaces after periods. We'll split into items. We'll produce list items: - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. - Prefer five years of professional accounting experience. - Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). - Proficiency with PC software programs and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office. - Strong attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines while working collaboratively. Skills list: "It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: Experience working with ERP systems, which as D365 or SAP.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills." We need to parse: "Experience working with ERP systems, which as D365 or SAP." Probably means "Experience working with ERP systems, such as D365 or SAP." We'll keep as given but maybe fix grammar? We should not invent or summarize away detail, but we can keep as is. The text: "Experience working with ERP systems, which as D365 or SAP." That's awkward but it's what's there. We'll keep exactly. Then "Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills." Thus skills items: - Experience working with ERP systems, which as D365 or SAP. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Benefits paragraph: "Aldevron, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees." We need to preserve all. Could combine into one

. Might be long but okay. Schedule: "This will be an on-site role." Already mentioned in About the role but we can still include schedule section. However we might duplicate. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we include both About the role and Schedule, we will have the on-site statement duplicated. That's okay as it's preserving info. But maybe better to not duplicate; we could move the on-site statement to Schedule and remove from About the role. However About the role currently includes that sentence. If we remove it, we lose some info from About the role (the on-site). But we could keep About the role without that sentence and put it in Schedule. That would preserve all info without duplication. Let's do that. Thus About the role paragraph will be the first three sentences (excluding the on-site sentence). Let's extract: "The Senior Accountant is responsible for providing complete, accurate, and timely financial information to support management decision-making. This role maintains accounting records, researches and analyzes account reconciliations and individual transactions, and supports controls and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). This position reports to the Sr. Manger of Finance – SOX and Compliance and is part of the Accounting team located in Fargo, ND or Coralville, IA." That's About the role. Schedule section: "

This will be an on-site role.

" Now ensure we didn't miss any other info: The note about pay discretion etc. That's not a specific pay amount, so we should not create Pay section. The note about bonus/incentive pay is already in Benefits paragraph. The note about "Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable..." That's legal boilerplate; we should remove boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. That note is legal boilerplate about pay discretion. Likely should be removed. Also the EEO statements at end should be removed. Also the Danaher Benefits Info link maybe considered boilerplate? It's a reference to benefits info; but it's part of benefits description. Might keep as it's part of benefits. However "Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info." is maybe a link; but we can keep as part of benefits paragraph. We should also remove the hashtags "#thisisbelonging #thebestteamisdiverse" and the motivational sentences after benefits? The posting includes after benefits: "#thisisbelonging #thebestteamisdiverse Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com." That's promotional boilerplate; should be removed as per instruction to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is marketing fluff; likely considered boilerplate. We'll remove. Also the EEO statements at the end:

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