Senior Accountant - Compensation Accounting

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post general ledger journals.
• Analyze data to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare 10K, 10Q reports/supporting documentation.
• Prepare regulatory reports/supporting documentation.
• Participate in departmental projects and/or cross-departmental projects.
• Assist with maintenance of policies and procedures related to global compensation and benefits.
• Ensure Enterprise Risk & Controls team receive all requested information for Sarbanes-Oxley testing.
• Support external audit requests.
• Prepare additional analysis required for reporting as needed.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least three years of financial accounting with regulatory reporting experience preferably within multinational corporations with a matrix organizational environment.
• Thorough knowledge of IFRS / U.S. GAAP.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workflow and to coordinate performance of certain tasks with other teams with supervision.
• Ability to maintain updated knowledge of procedures, products and activities of assigned.
• Experience with automated financial systems, including a general ledger, preferably Workday Financials.
• Strong Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including spreadsheet upload, pivot tables and related functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word
• Prior working experience within the mutual fund or asset management industry.
• Prior public accounting / external or internal audit experience required, with a Big 4 preferred.
• Knowledge and exposure to international accounting issues, currency translation and consolidations.
• Prior U.S. and Canadian regulatory reporting experience.
• CPA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent (Qualified Accountant).