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Job Title:

Senior Accountant -

Americas Summary:

The Senior Accountant - Americas, will own general accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting while providing hands-on leadership and review across the accounting function. This person is equally comfortable reviewing the work of others and rolling up their sleeves on complex reconciliations, technical accounting questions, and close-cycle escalations directly. This individual will own the full close cycle end-to-end, drive process discipline and reporting accuracy, and serve as a key technical resource for the accounting team. The role is a critical cross-functional partner to FP&A, Treasury, Operations, and the Corporate Controller, and plays a central part in ensuring the accounting function runs as a high-performing, well-controlled operation that scales with business growth.

Responsibilities:

As the Senior Accountant -Americas, you will: Lead and review the work of staff accountants during month-end and year-end close, while actively performing complex close activities directlyExecute the expectations for the close calendar and provide regular coaching, feedback, and development support to junior team membersOwn the month-end closing calculations, journal entries, and reconciliations per policy and the closing schedule, identifying issues early and escalating as neededServe as an escalation point for complex reconciliation discrepancies, technical accounting questions, and exception handling — resolving them directly when neededSupport onboarding and training of new accounting staff, including hands-on training in close procedures and ERP workflowsMaintain, analyze, and review all general ledger accounts and subledgers, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of open itemsReview and approve journal entries prepared by staff, ensuring proper support and appropriatenessOwn fixed asset management, intercompany accounting, and tracking of prepaids and accrued expensesSupport AR and AP accounting and reconciliation of subledgers and owning the reconciliation of the RNI accountExecute and review daily cash reconciliations, monthly commissions, royalty payments, sales and use tax filings, and intercompany transactionsExecute and review FX revaluation postings and FX gain/loss analysisOwn analysis and reconciliation of inventory, purchase price variance (PPV), revenue recognition, inventory labor and overhead capitalization, standard cost analysis and yearly rollsOwn monthly trial balance account analysis and variance commentary; lead preparation of financial statements and management reportsDeliver regular reporting to Finance leadership, including account-level analysis, variance explanations, and open-item trackingPrepare and present complex accounting information to the accounting team and cross-functionally to non-finance stakeholdersPartner with FP&A on forecast-to-actual variance analysis and reporting cadenceServe as a key internal resource for ERP system usage within the accounting function, supporting configuration questions, workflow issues, and user troubleshootingIdentify, design, and implement process improvements that increase close efficiency, reduce manual effort, and strengthen controlsDevelop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for core close and reconciliation workflowsSupport ERP integration efforts, system migrations, and business combination activities that impact the accounting functionHelp lead the year-end group audit process, serving as one of the primary contacts for auditor requests related to close and reconciliation activityEnsure compliance with internal financial controls, close policies, and audit requirementsPrepare account reconciliations in accordance with policy, with supporting documentation completed and reviewed regularly throughout the monthMaintain documentation supporting internal control requirements as applicablePartner cross-functionally with FP&A, Treasury, Operations, and IT to align accounting operations with broader business objectivesCollaborate with the Corporate Controller on ad hoc management reports, projects, and policy development as they ariseCross-train across other areas of the accounting function to support team flexibility and continuityPerform other duties as assigned to support organizational goals