External Financial Reporting Senior Analyst
BDO USA Experienced Career Site Open At a glance
Senior Accounting role at BDO USA Experienced Career Site. Grand Rapids · full-time · $80,000–$95,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Prepare and review monthly and quarterly financial statements, account reconciliations, journal entries, and related analysis
- Apply accounting policies and GAAP, while helping document controls and improve reporting processes
- Support external reporting and coordinate annual audit work, including responses to leadership about financial results
- Help implement reporting and transaction systems, and work with finance teams to improve the monthly reporting cycle
- Assess lending requirements and covenants, and prepare additional reports and analysis as needed
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree is required, with an accounting focus preferred
- At least three years of accounting and financial reporting experience
- Strong communication, attention to detail, and the ability to manage deadlines and multiple assignments
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced accounting professional who can work independently and with colleagues across departments. It is an individual-contributor position with no supervisory duties.
From the employer
Job Summary:
The External Financial Reporting Senior Analyst is responsible for supporting firm-wide financial reporting requirements by preparing and analyzing financial information and processes.
Job Duties:
• Ensures the application of proper accounting policies and processes and leads the development of best practices
• Interprets and applies corporate financial policies and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Assists in the monthly and quarterly financial statement preparation and analysis
• Analyzes financial data and provides responses to upline and leadership
• Assists in the completion of external reporting requirements as needed
• Assists in the coordination and execution of annual external audits
• Supports system implementations within our reporting software as well as our transactional systems
• Assists in preparation of monthly account reconciliations and journal entries, including the resolution of any issues identified
• Reviews, documents and assists in the implementation of accounting policies, process improvements and internal control procedures
• Assists in the analysis of financial lending requirements and covenants
• Serves as a resource for other departments regarding financial reporting and analysis
• Partners with BDO’s Financial Planning and Analysis team to streamline and improve the monthly financial reporting cycle/process
• Partners with Financial Systems Support (FSS) to leverage technology and drive continuous improvement within the Firm’s financial system landscape
• Prepares ad hoc reports and analysis, as needed
• Other duties as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• N/A
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree, required; with a focus in Accounting, preferred
Experience:
• Three (3) or more years of accounting and financial reporting experience, required
• Previous public accounting experience, preferred
• Experience working within the finance department in a large corporation, preferred
• Solid understanding of GAAP, preferred
License/Certifications:
• CPA, preferred
Software:
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel skills, preferred
• Experience using Oracle Cloud, preferred
• Experience using OneStream, preferred
Language:
• N/A
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work and communicate effectively with professionals at all levels
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects / tasks with an attention to detail
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
• Superior customer service skills
• Ability to maintain the highly confidential nature of information
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
National Range: $80,000 - $95,000
Maryland Range: $80,000 - $95,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $80,000 - $95,000
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