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Senior Accountant
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What they do
An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
$82,056 / year median in California
-25% projected decline
Job Description
What you get to do every single day
- Ensure corporate accounting policies, procedures, and controls are followed when working with business partners and be able to provide support on special requests
- Provide monthly accounting closure procedures and deliverables, which includes journal entries, reconciliations, reports in compliance with GAAP
- Aid in coordinating quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors
- Present Balance Sheet account reconciliations
- Allocate and prepare monthly consolidated P&L and Balance Sheet flux analysis reports for management
- Delegate resources to Ad-hoc projects as necessary
- Strong interest in continuously improving the automation of the accounting and reporting process
- Analyze financial information and report on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks
- Partake in various department-wide initiatives