Staff Accountant

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is an American chain of beauty stores headquartered in Bolingbrook, Illinois. This Client carries cosmetics, fragrances, nail products, bath and body products, beauty tools, and hair care products.

About the role

The Temporary Staff Accountant will provide accounting support during two planned employee leaves of absence. The individual will initially support the Project Accounting function and will transition to Fixed Asset Accounting responsibilities as business needs evolve. The role will participate in monthly close activities, prepare journal entries and account reconciliations, perform variance analyses, and assist with other accounting projects and ad hoc requests as assigned.

Project Accounting Responsibilities

• IT Invoice Reconciliation: Review IT project invoices by obtaining supporting documentation, including timesheets and fixed-fee contracts. Validate that costs meet the requirements for capitalization in accordance with client's Software Development Policy.
• Project Setup: Create capital projects and maintain project master data in SAP S/4HANA. Coordinate with business partners to obtain required project information, including store lists, site details, material groups, and other setup requirements.
• Project Funding Administration: Track project funding approvals, incremental funding requests, and fund transfers. Maintain complete audit documentation and ensure funding released in SAP aligns with approved authorization levels.
• Ariba Purchase Request Review: Review and approve IT project contracts and Statements of Work (SOWs) submitted through Ariba. Partner with business stakeholders to revise contracts, as needed, to ensure compliance with client's Software Development Policy.
• Ariba Support: Research, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues while identifying root causes.

Fixed Asset Accounting Responsibilities

• Construction-in-Progress (CIP) Settlements: Place completed capital projects into service for merchandise, Repairs & Maintenance (R&M), Loss Prevention (LP), and Sales Use Tax projects. Coordinate with business partners to obtain rollout schedules and in-service dates.
• Asset Disposals And Write-Offs: Calculate fixture write-offs and process disposals for assets that have been retired or replaced. Coordinate quarterly with business partners to identify additional disposal activity.
• ServiceChannel Review: Perform bi-weekly reviews of ServiceChannel activity to validate asset additions and disposals. Prepare and process bi-monthly disposal entries as required.
• Depreciation Support: Perform acquisition and exclusion reviews, prepare the depreciation reporting package, and complete the asset exclusion checklist.
• CIP Review: Conduct weekly reviews of Construction-in-Progress activity to ensure expenditures meet capitalization criteria and are recorded appropriately.
• Expense Project Reporting: Prepare and communicate monthly expense project actuals to Merchandise business partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 2-4 years of professional accounting experience.
• Experience supporting month-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and accounting internal controls.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA or other large ERP systems; SAP experience is strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the use of pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis functions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional business teams.
• Experience with project accounting, software capitalization, fixed assets, construction-in-progress (CIP), or capital project accounting is preferred.
• Experience with Ariba or similar procurement/workflow systems is preferred.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes and transition between accounting responsibilities as business needs evolve.