Accountants One is working with a repeat Automotive client in Duluth to help them find a Senior Accountant. This is a great opportunity to work with a successful, billion-dollar company. There are many opportunities for internal growth - this position will eventually lead to the Controller seat! You'll report directly to the Assistant Controller. Our client is big on work/life balance with flex hours and a hybrid set up!

Responsibilities:

• Assists with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Record keeping for real estate and personal family entities.
• Records period-end and correcting journal entries.
• Reconciles interfaces into the general ledger, including accounts payable, revenue, project activities, and system allocations.
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Assist in the reconciliation of various general ledger accounts (cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets & depreciation, parts inventories, and work in process).
• Support annual year-end review by completing requests as needed.
• Assist Controllers in the bookkeeping of retail operating companies, duties as assigned.
• Liaise with our Assistant Corporate Controller & Store Controllers to improve financial procedures and work papers.
• Assist with daily bank reconciliation & manufacturer invoice postings for assigned operating companies as assigned.
• Prepares financial reports and KPI analysis in varying formats utilizing multiple data sources.
• Helps generate monthly financial packages to distribute to Finance department management, senior leaders, internal partners, board, and board sub-committees.
• Completes account reconciliations, budget variance, and other financial statement analyses.
• Assists supervisor and other leaders by helping resolve issues.
• Identifies opportunities to improve processes.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Experience as Staff Accountant, Sr Accountant, Office Manager/Bookkeeper
• Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures, debits and credits
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Process-oriented, efficiency always in mind
• Familiarity with financial accounting statements
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
• Hands-on experience with accounting software packages, Reynolds or CDK preferred if has auto experience
• MS Excel skills including VLOOKUP and pivot tables
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Aptitude for numbers and quantitative analysis
• Self-starter and able to manage and complete a project independently
• BS degree in Accounting or Finance