Sr. Associate Consolidation

General Purpose of Job

The Senior Associate will be responsible for overseeing tasks related to the financial reporting requirements for the Newell Brands global consolidation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Primarily responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of our financial reporting for our segments
• Analytically review results for each reporting unit and identify unexplained or unexpected variances and work with counterparts to resolve any potential issues
• Identify data validation issues and work to resolve
• Responsible for the accounting function maintaining restructuring and related accruals including recording journal entries, preparing reconciliations and roll-forwards
• Create and maintain consolidation adjustments for reporting units, as needed including reviewing foreign currency translation and ensure amounts are appropriate
• Facilitate the resolution of intercompany out-of-balance conditions
• Aid in accounting for areas such as corporate Treasury and Tax transactions
• Support supplemental reporting that directly impacts account roll forwards and the statement of cash flows including management of data flow from our main ERP system into HFM
• Understand our consolidation system (HFM) including requirements, reporting and system functionality
• Prepare select financial statements footnotes that support SEC filings in accordance with US GAAP
• Aid in special projects within the team as well as with other corporate departments or operating units, as needed
• Ensure businesses are adhering to financial policies, practices and procedures, including internal control protocols
• Work directly with internal and external auditors on specific requests

Skills and Qualifications

• Highly motivated, self-starter with a commitment to quality and integrity
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with other departments to support overall finance department and company goals, initiatives, and directives
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and ensure work is properly allocated to meet deadlines required
• Maintain organized and detailed files documenting accounting issues, processes, and procedures
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
• Strong problem-solving skills with an ability to prioritize multiple tasks/deliverables
• Continually updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities

Educational and Experience Requirements

• Accounting degree, CPA preferred
• A minimum of 3-6 years accounting experience and familiarity with areas of multi-national financial reporting and multi-currency consolidations, SEC reporting, public company experience preferred
• Experience working in a consumer-packaged goods (CPG), fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and/or consumer durables industry preferred
• Solid understanding of general ledger systems and foreign currency translation
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel is a must
• Prior SAP, Blackline, Hyperion Financial Management experience is a plus

Supervision

N/A

Physical Requirements

Office position that at times requires overtime and weekend work, light travel at times may be required

Working Conditions

None