Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Command Alkon is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its global accounting team. The role is responsible for reviewing accounting deliverables, owning balance sheet reconciliations and SG&A and COGS accrual processes, supporting financial close activities, and improving accounting processes and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Perform detailed reviews of journal entries, reconciliations, and other deliverables prepared by the COE team, ensuring accuracy, completeness, proper support, and compliance with GAAP and internal policies
- Provide clear, constructive feedback to the COE team and partner with them to resolve errors at the root cause rather than only correcting them
- Own and prepare multiple balance sheet reconciliations monthly, resolving reconciling items timely and maintaining audit-ready support
- Own the SG&A and COGS accrual processes, including preparation, analysis, true-ups, and documentation of methodology and assumptions
- Support the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring adherence to deadlines and accounting principles
- Identify and investigate variances or discrepancies in financial records, perform fluctuation analysis, and take appropriate corrective actions
- Lead and contribute to process improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate accounting workflows
- Improve reporting to other departments by enhancing the accuracy, format, and usefulness of recurring deliverables and responding to ad hoc reporting needs
- Assist in the preparation of audit schedules and support internal and external audits
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, regulations, and internal policies
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather financial data and ensure its accuracy and consistency
- Manage time well to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and balance review responsibilities with individual deliverables
Skills
- A strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, general ledger maintenance, account reconciliations, and accrual accounting (SG&A and COGS)
- Demonstrated experience reviewing the work of others and providing effective feedback, ideally in a shared services or COE environment
- A track record of process improvement, streamlining financial operations, and implementing best practices
- Strong working knowledge of accounting systems and ERP platforms; NetSuite experience is a plus
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong overall Microsoft Office proficiency (Outlook, Word, etc.)
- Exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to work with numbers accurately
- Strong critical thinking skills – the ability to question results that don't make sense, connect activity across accounts, and anticipate downstream impacts
- A team-player mindset – you build trust with the COE team and business partners, share knowledge generously, and put team outcomes first
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting concepts to non-accounting audiences
- Proven experience collaborating with stakeholders and providing accurate, decision-ready financial information
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, results-oriented growth environment
- Self-motivation, ownership of your areas, and a willingness to drive change management
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