Reporting to the Retail Accounting Manager, the Senior Accountant will be involved in many aspects of the retail accounting process including inventory management, sales analysis, store profitability analysis, and other month end close journal entries. In addition, this role will assist in maintaining data within our financial applications. This role requires analytical thinking and an attention to detail.
Roles and Responsibilities
· Recording monthly journal entries for cost of sales, sales, inventory shrink and accruals
· Prepare and maintain reconciliations for various accounts
· Assist with monthly management reporting and analysis
· Perform shrink analysis and reporting for store physical inventories
· Assist with analysis of actual results and trends compared to forecast/budget
· Back-up for other retail accounting processes
· Complete special projects as needed.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
· 2-4 years of previous accounting experience, strong exposure to inventory cost accounting and analysis preferred.
· CPA or eligible to sit for CPA preferred.
Preferred Skills
· Experience working with large accounting systems preferred (i.e. Lawson, Oracle)
· Detail oriented and must be comfortable analyzing large volumes of data.
· Demonstrated research and problem solving skills
· Demonstrated knowledge of advanced Microsoft Excel skills a must
· Self- motivated, take ownership of duties and works well with little supervision
Physical and Environmental Requirements
Must be able to stand, walk, stoop or crouch while performing daily activities of the job.