Senior Accountant

Job Summary

Responsible for senior level professional financial accounting. May serve as subject matter expert in a specialized area. Solves complex problems.

Work Location: On-site at our Solutions Center in Little Rock, AR

Job Duties

• Perform monthly, quarterly and annual accounting activities including reconciliations of accounts receivable and recording revenue journal entries
• Responsible for managing one or more fiscal and accounting functions and for formulating and recommending policies and procedures to effectively administer such programs.
• Formulates and recommends policies, procedures, and control systems.
• Ensures compliance with federal, and state regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Prepares, reviews, and analyzes a variety of reports, accounts, reconciliations, statements to and from internal departments, financial institutions, and external agencies.
• Improve systems and processes and initiate corrective action
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned based on evolving team and business priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• 3 - 5 years accounting experience
• Knowledge of US GAAP
• Computer skills in Microsoft Excel, accounting software and databases
• Excellent organizational, problem solving, project management and communication skills
• CPA certification preferred

Personal Characteristics

• Interpersonal Skills: Confident with executive presence and the ability to work effectively and transparently with both the CFO and other members of the senior leadership team, without being too deferential.
• Character: High degree of maturity, integrity, and personal self-confidence tempered by self-awareness and self-reflection. Must be comfortable openly admitting shortcomings.
• Leadership Capability: Ability to build and motivate a team to improve the team's performance and contributions to the organization.
• Communication Skills: Skill in building consensus for new ideas and initiatives and in communicating effectively with personnel and groups at all organization levels. Genuineness is required to build that consensus.
• Hands-On: Must be willing and have the ability to participate in an early stage growth environment where it is required to "roll sleeves up" to tackle certain issues where bandwidth and/or skills of the team needs hands-on support of leaders.
• Emotional Strength: Must have the ability to hear and support other leaders' ideas and initiatives regardless of involvement without feeling others ideas aren't valid, or feeling left out.