Senior Accountant

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2-5 years experience
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The Senior Accountant manages complex general ledger activities and supports month-end close procedures to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP. They are also responsible for driving process improvements, automation initiatives, and supporting financial audit activities.

Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. Our professional services focus on security and privacy audits, assessments, and certifications.  Schellman has become one of the largest cybersecurity assessment firms in the United States without providing any traditional accounting services.  We are an accredited multi-framework ISO Certification Body for security, privacy, business continuity, and quality; a globally licensed PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a top provider to clients serving the federal DoD space as a leading FedRAMP 3PAO and the first assessment firm authorized as a CMMC C3PAO. Our specialty and expertise remain in providing best in class Cybersecurity and IT Audits and Attestations. Our culture, approach with clients, and dedication to our values has led us to consistently be a Great Places to Work certified company and rated as a Best Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and a Glassdoor Best Places to Work. We deeply appreciate our employees, as shown by our first core value – People Come First. This is demonstrated in our culture, benefits, and how we handle business. Come see what makes Schellman special!

The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing complex general ledger accounting activities, supporting the company’s month-end close procedures, and ensuring financial records and statements are in compliance with U.S. GAAP. This position is expected to operate with a high degree of independence, taking ownership of assigned workstreams, driving process improvements, and supporting audit and project needs as they arise.  This position reports to the Manager of Accounting. 

This is a Remote based role, but candidate is required to be located in the US Central Time Zone or  Eastern Time Zone. 

Essential Functions:  

  • Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and month-end reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance with U.S. GAAP

  • Prepare and process journal entries and account reconciliations as part of the company’s month-end close procedures

  • Analyze month-over-month variances and assist in analyzing performance variances; communicate findings clearly to management

  • Support the periodic evaluation, implementation, and deployment of financial systems used by the Company

  • Support daily accounting operations across the general ledger and other assigned areas

  • Serve as a backup for various accounting functions as needed to ensure continuity of operations

  • Respond in a timely manner to all forms of inquiries from internal and external customers or suppliers

  • Resolve issues arising from actions or events involving administrative functions

  • Support financial audit activities by gathering and organizing supporting documentation and liaising with auditors as needed

  • Maintain, update, and improve process flow documentation and policies and procedures supporting the assigned areas

  • Identify inefficiencies and drive process improvement and automation initiatives; document workflows, evaluate controls, and leverage technology to reduce manual effort and drive sustainable change

  • Assist with month-end close procedures, ensuring all assigned tasks are completed accurately and on time

  • Assist with other duties and special projects as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

  • Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting 

  • Proficiency with internal control concepts 

  • Experience collaborating with external auditors 

  • Organized with extreme attention to detail and deadlines; ability to work effectively in a fully remotenvironment 

  • Judgment to plan, prioritize, and accomplish goals; ability to think ahead and be proactive 

  • Able to manage multiple concurrent projects; meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, and stays focused under pressur

  • Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing; creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, and has good listening skills 

  • Tackles problems and takes independent action; seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, and practices self-development 

  • Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner; is accountable for actions, supportCompany values, and conveys both good news and bad 

  • Meets all team and individual deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values options, helps meet goals and promotes a team atmosphere 

  • Ability to adapt approach to the situation, work through conflicts, gain trust, and persuasively influence outcomes 

  • Ability to solve problems, take ownership of workstream tasks, and deliver results 

  • Maintains extreme confidentiality, both internally and externally, with all matters 

  • Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions; asks questions to clarifrequirements when ambiguities are present; adapts to new environments and changing requirements;  pivots quickly as needed 

  • When coached, responds to need and seeks information from other sources; shows commitment and dedication to shrink the learning curve 

  • Demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements and automation; able to document workflows, evaluate controls, leverage technology to reduce manual effort, and drive  sustainable change across accounting operations 

  • Experience supporting internal and/or external audit processes; familiar with audit request management, documentation standards, and working effectively with auditors 

  • Flexibility to work overtime during busy periods such as month-end, quarter-end, year-end close, and during audits 

  • Must be able to participate in virtual meetings with audio and video capability; accommodations available upon request

  • Comfortable working with dual monitors; experience with a dual monitor setup preferred. Equipment can be provided for qualified candidates 

  • Ability to travel to Tampa Headquarters and other meeting locations occasionally 

Education, Work Experience and Certifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required 

  • 3–5 years of related accounting experience required 

  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel required 

  • CPA or actively pursuing CPA preferred 

  • Workday Financials experience strongly preferred 

  • Experience with a professional services organization a plus

  • Experience with private equity backed organization a plus 

  • Experience with a middle market organization preferred 

Schellman is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace; therefore, providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. Schellman uses E-Verify in our hiring process.
 

At Schellman, we strive to provide a flexible and balanced environment and therefore offer the opportunity to work remotely, unless otherwise stated in the job requirements. Connecting, collaborating and continuous education are also highly valued and therefore we require some travel annually for our Internal Service Delivery roles, which can include in-person training, team meet-ups, and strategy meetings. Service Delivery team members will also be required to travel based on business and client needs.

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