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Description

Newark Delaware client is looking to staff a Senior Accountant with strong SEC experience. This Senior Accountant will be responsible for managing financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts, preparing and analyzing financial statements, ensuring compliance with GAAP or IFRS, reconcile accounts, ensure SOX compliance, assisting with budget analysis, overseeing the month-end and year-end close processes, supervising junior accounts and providing guidance on accounting principles, and support management with financial decision-making by providing data insights. The successful candidate for this role will have sharp analytical skills, excellent time management abilities, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the monthly financial statement close process for assigned business units or functional areas, ensuring the accurate and timely recording of all financial transactions.

• Assisting in the preparation, review, and analysis of account reconciliations for companies and/or designated functions.

• Ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley control requirements.

• Assisting in the preparation of the monthly reporting packages, including comparative analysis of current and prior period actual results for internal and external reporting.

• Collaborating with internal and external auditors, Controller's Group, and Business Units to accomplish goals.

• Participating in special projects and the implementation of changes in FASB/GAAP, as needed.

• Working closely with other departments and Business Units regarding accounting activities.

• Proactively addressing any accounting/reporting issues or concerns.

• Participating in planning processes at project and departmental level.

Requirements

The ideal Senior Accountant will have a Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance.

Other requirements for the Senior Accountant role include and are not limited to:

• 5+ years of accounting experience, preferably in public accounting

• CPA preferred

• Regulatory/utility/FERC/SEC reporting or energy industry experience a big plus

• Strong project management skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines

For more information on this Senior Accountant position and other full time accounting and finance opportunities, please contact us at 302.985.5183 and reference JO#00800-0013193132.

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