Senior Accountant- Fixed Assets
Our client is synonymous with innovation–and you could be part of the team that disrupted an entire industry! They reinvented customer service, and brought real 5G to the nation, and now they are shaping the future of technology in wireless and beyond. Your work will be exciting as it is rewarding, so consider the career opportunity below as your invitation to grow and make big things happen.
The Senior Accountant, Fixed Assets is a key position and impactful contributor within the Controller’s organization. This role reports to the Manager, Accounting Network Corporate Fixed Assets R&M as an individual contributor. The Sr Accountant will collaborate across the enterprise, partnering closely with Network Engineering, Retail, Real Estate, IT, Tax and other teams.
The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in technical and operational accounting, and the ability to work with and analyze large volumes of data. The role will participate in month-end close and reporting processes, providing capex/opex guidance, SOX and financial audit compliance, process improvement, and other projects.
Our client offers a flexible work environment with three days in the office and two days’ work from home.
Opportunity to execute and improve in the following areas:
- Understand business drivers and their effect on financial results to ensure business changes are accurately reflected in the financial statements and communicated to business partners.
- Collaborate and effectively partner with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives, drive process improvements, and implement best practices.
- Communicate regularly with operational business partners to identify issues and areas for operational improvement, share knowledge about financial trends and upcoming changes.
- Assist in creating monthly and ad hoc reports from multiple sources using Power BI, Tableau, or other business analytics tool
- Proactively identify risks and opportunities for improvements within Fixed Assets processes and recommend solutions.
- Support the monthly close process, including preparation and review/posting of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis and reporting.
- Document and ensure that effective internal controls are developed and performed, ensuring compliance with SOX requirements.
- Provide support for the audits performed by internal and external auditors.
Knowledge, Education, and Skills needed to be successful:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within a large company accounting environment requires, with 1+ years public accounting preferred.
- CPA highly preferred
- Telecommunication industry experience preferred
- Strong understanding of accounting theory and accounting systems; SAP and BPC experience a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and within the organization.
- Ability to mine, manage, and analyze large volumes of data, knowledge of large-scale data mining and project reporting tools (SQL, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI, Denodo) is a plus.
- Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to balance a large group of diverse projects simultaneously
- Ability to resolve complex problems positively and professionally with minimal supervision
Our client doesn’t have a corporate ladder–it’s more like a jungle gym of possibilities! They love helping their employees grow in their careers, because it’s that shared drive to aim high that drives their business and their culture forward.
Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how they do business and will not be tolerated.
For more information on this opportunity, please call Greg Baugh at 913-948-9791 or email at gbaugh@gsbsearch.com
