Senior Financial Accountant

About the Job

Our client, a global leader in the service industry, is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join their team. In this role, you will be critical to ensuring accurate corporate accounting across acquisitions, investments, and cross-sector activity. You will partner closely with Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting & Compliance, other Corporate departments, and Sector Finance. Reporting to the Manager of Financial Accounting, you will focus on off-ledger accounting and support new business acquisitions, leveraging project management skills to drive successful integrations. With strong potential for upward growth, this is a great place to continue your accounting career!

About the Company

Our global Fortune 500 client is a world-class food service provider with a strong presence across the nation. Celebrating 30+ years in North America, this employee-focused company has received honors for diversity and inclusion, innovation, health and wellness, and company culture. CRG has successfully placed over 300 employees within the last 9 years within this organization, known for its continuous growth opportunities, fantastic benefits package, innovative technology, flexible work environment, and collaborative culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead post acquisition accounting activities including off-ledger reporting, integration support, and financial analysis
• Partner with sector finance to review and record equity method investments
• Cook with sector on revenue and expense eliminations for cross sector activity
• Proactively identify and implement process improvements using automation and artificial intelligence to enhance accuracy and efficiency
• Execute month-end close activities, including preparing journal entries
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are timely and accurate
• Assist in annual audit by providing requested reports and schedules
• Provide ad-hoc reports as requested by management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA/CPA Candidate (must have 1-2 exams completed)
• Minimum 2+ years of accounting/finance experience (large firm public accounting or company with $3B+ annual revenue HIGHLY preferred)
• Solid understanding of IFRS and US GAAP
• Experience with SOX compliance testing and internal controls preferred
• Equity, M&A, investment experience preferred