Aston Carter is seeking a Senior Accounting Analyst for a client based in O'Fallon, MO.
Description:
The Senior Professional will support the Technology business unit by providing oversight to financial reporting, ensuring integrity and accuracy of financial statements and ensuring compliance with accounting requirements. The position will be required to build and foster relationships across the organization and with the shared service center managing monthly close process.
Role
Monitors month-end close activity and acts as liaison with the shared service center to drive accuracy of results and provide open communication link between the groups.
Supports the Internally Developed Software Capitalization process.
Analytics of financials.
Guides financial decisions related to business transactions by providing accounting/regulatory advice and by monitoring and enforcing policies and procedures.
Ensures a strong control environment by supporting, monitoring and enforcing operational and SOX financial controls.
Ensures ongoing compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, filing financial reports and advising management on needed actions.
Contributes to special projects and preforms various ad-hoc reporting or analysis as needed with a strong customer service focus.
Participates in development and implementation of process improvements to improve operational controls/efficiency and quality of output.
Skills:
financial reporting, general ledger, month end, ad hoc reporting, sox, sap, hyperion, oracle, excel pivot tables
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
CPA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent credential preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Knowledge/Experience:
Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and current accounting concepts
Ability to analysis data with little direction to provide proposals to leadership
Critical thinking ability
Ability to communicate effectively (both oral and written) and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels and organization boundaries
Previous experience in significant process improvements, with ability to prioritize and meet concurrent project deliverables
Advanced MS Office skills (primarily Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) and working knowledge of enterprise financial systems (e.g. Oracle/Hyperion, SAP)
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At Aston Carter, we’re dedicated to expanding career opportunities for the skilled professionals who power our business. Our success is driven by the talented, motivated people who join our team across a range of positions – from recruiting, sales and delivery to corporate roles. As part of our team, employees have the opportunity for long-term career success, where hard work is rewarded and the potential for growth is limitless.
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