Senior Accountant

Description

As fully engaged leadership team dedicated to treating associates as part of the Fox Family!

At Fox World Travel, we operate as one Fox with a find a way mentality, embracing our integrity and passion. We take pride in leading with our people-first culture, by providing genuine care and concern for our associates which in turn leads to authentic and superior customer experiences. We've been able to create a culture where our associates can grow, learn, and succeed, and, in turn, exhibit the value we bring to every interaction and partnership.

As one of Wisconsin’s largest travel companies, Fox World Travel has excellent benefits and perks for all Fox associates including but not limited to:
competitive wages
, flexible time off (vacation, sick, personal), FAM Adventure Bucks to help you explore the world,
remote/hybrid work
, a full benefit package including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, company-sponsored life insurance and short-term disability, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) contributions and a fully engaged leadership team dedicated to treating associates as part of the Fox Family!

The Senior Accountant is responsible for leading month end close processes, reviewing journal entries and reconciliations for accuracy, supporting financial planning and analysis activities and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. This role combines strong technical accounting expertise with financial analysis responsibilities and requires a professional who can partner with leadership to provide meaningful financial insight and operational support.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Leading and coordinating month-end and year-end close.
• Reviewing journal entries and reconciliations for accuracy and completeness.
• Preparing and reviewing financial statements and supporting entries for month-end and year-end close.
• Researching and documenting technical accounting matters.
• Mentoring and training accounting staff.
• Maintaining or developing internal control audits, documentation and reporting to management.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies, GAAP, relevant laws and regulations and integrity of financial data.
• Driving the development and implementation of improved accounting processes throughout the department.
• Assisting in annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes.
• Performing variance analysis comparing actual results to budget and forecast.
• Maintaining or developing financial models to support budget and forecasting.
• Assisting with and/or completing monthly financial reporting.
• Updating knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks.
• Maintaining a favorable and collaborative working relationship with co-workers in all departments to foster an environment of trust and mutual respect. Driving standards and best practices whenever possible and effectively foster a culture of engagement.
• Enhancing the organization’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Being innovative and recommending new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of operations and services performed.
• Other duties, projects and alternate assignments as determined by business need.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• At least 5 years of previous accounting experience in similar or progressive roles.
• Prior experience with cost…