Senior Accountant

The Sr. Accountant is responsible for areas relating to general ledger, balance sheet, and financial reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS, the ASSA ABLOY Accounting Manual, and ASSA ABLOY Americas accounting guidelines. The role requires reviewing processes to ensure accurate and timely financial statements, continuously improving efficiency and accuracy, and supervising and collaborating with applicable accountants to allocate and complete work in a timely manner.

• Help lead accounting changes and manage multiple projects relating to improvement and integration efforts
• Develop, populate, and provide month‑end reporting requirements for the company
• Review reports and work processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting
• Develop and implement group reporting standards and processes
• Lead the monthly analyses and preparation of general ledger account reconciliations (Prepaid, Accruals, AR, and AP), report variances, reconcile through Floqast, and recommend and implement processes to reduce errors
• Analyze sales reporting and forecasting activities
• Analyze AR and assist Shared Services AR by problem‑solving issues
• Review and submit monthly journal entries and recurring entries to ensure accuracy
• Review GL integrity reports and ensure reconciliation of general ledger to sub‑ledger detail
• Input/Upload/validate financial data to the corporate financial database HFM (and its replacement with One Stream)
• Monitor and help implement internal controls in support of Internal Audit
• Analyze variances and trends, providing data for management recommendations for improvement and adjustments
• Process city and state sales tax filing and assist with TRIP reporting

May lead and mentor junior accounting staff.

• Maintains and monitors recurring journal entries and allocations as needed
• Acts as backup to Controller in closing the periods on the JD Edwards system and preparation of financial statements
• Assists with special projects
• Reconciles general ledger and sub‑ledger
• Effectively handles multiple tasks simultaneously with exceptional organizational and communication skills
• Keyboard skills and ten‑key operation skills
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point, and Outlook
• Logical problem‑solving abilities
• Complies with the organization’s ISO 9001 & 14001 requirements

• Education:
  
  BS/BA in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field; CMA/CPA/MBA preferred
• 5 years of related accounting, financial reporting, and analysis experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Proficiency in spreadsheets, email, word processing, and presentation software; extremely proficient in financial modeling and analysis utilizing Excel formulas. Experience or understanding of Excel add‑in applications such as Smart View. Database programs and business intelligence programs like Power BI and Business Objects are helpful. HFM and JDE system experience will be useful.

This is an in‑office position located in Phoenix, AZ. Mid‑senior level.

Travel required:

0%-10%.

Assa Abloy Group