Senior Accountant

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

This position performs as a lead accountant for several business units and/or legal entities for a regional office of a global leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods.

• Analyzes and reviews various daily physical and futures trading activities in relation to completing accurate Daily P&L estimates for our various trading and operating activities.
• Completes Daily P&L estimate calculations for various trade and operating activities.
• Prepares and reviews daily positions reports and supporting details for merchandisers and management.
• Performs quantity reconciliations for trading activities.
• Reviews and approves accounting journal entries for trading activities and certain operating activities.
• Prepares and/or reviews monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for local management for multiple business units and/or legal entities.
• Prepares and/or reviews monthly reporting for global consolidation along with required comments and analysis for assigned business units and/or legal entities.
• Prepares and/or reviews monthly budget vs. actual variance reporting along with required comments and analysis.
• Reconciles or reviews reconciliations for all accounts within business units general ledger.
• Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger for the assigned business units and/or legal entities.
• Reviews general ledger (G/L) accounts and compares them with various source documents to identify discrepancies and/or errors/omissions in the accounts payable/journal entry process.
• Communicates with the other LDC offices or outside counter parties to resolve discrepancies.
• Reviews and posts journal entries to reconcile G/L accounts with source documents.
• Reviews work of any subordinates.
• Coordinates industry cost budget preparation and performs analysis with commentary.
• Supports the year-end and mid-year audits performed by external auditors by gathering and preparing supporting documents and schedules per their information requests.
• Follows company accounting policies and ensures they are enforced.
• Performs adhoc requests as given by managers.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Performs special projects, including preparing financial and management reports, preparing spreadsheets, retrieving data from systems, assisting with implementation of new systems and managing data.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related business discipline.

• Three to five years of general accounting experience, resulting in a solid understanding of accrual accounting, general ledger practices and GAAP compliance (experience must include responsibility for a wide variety of general accounting functions, including analyzing complex general ledger accounts, reconciling discrepancies, analyzing payables and resolving discrepancies in order to prepare financial and management reports.)
• Proficiency with spreadsheet and word-processing software, (e.g., Excel and MS Word) and various accounting systems/ databases.
• Experience with financial consolidation of multiple entities.

• Advanced degree or CPA certification.
• Experience with Microsoft Great Plains.

• Knowledge of general ledger accounting practices and GAAP.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Ability to analyze account variances and resolve discrepancies.
• Ability to work independently and propose solutions.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and…