Senior Accountant, Merchandise Accounting - The Neiman Marcus Group Inc
Dallas, TX
About the Job
Description
Neiman Marcus Group is a relationship business that leads with love in everything we do—for our customers, associates, brand partners, and communities. Our legacy of innovating and our culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences.
Your Role
The Senior Accountant will be responsible for various accounting activities within the Merchandise Accounting team and will report to the Merchandise Accounting Manager. These include supporting the month-end close process, journal entries, retail stock ledger balancing and balance sheet reconciliations. You will also support the monthly reporting function by preparing various financial reports and schedules and manage various ad-hoc requests for data or analysis from business partners and management.
This role is an excellent opportunity to join Neiman Marcus’ at a time of significant growth. By joining the Merchandise Accounting team you will gain valuable experience within the retail industry and work with many different departments within the company.
What You’ll Do
- Completion of assigned monthly close activities
- Ensuring recognition of merchandise inventory and gross margin is in compliance with the Company’s accounting policies
- Preparation of assigned reporting deliverables for merchandise inventory and gross margin
- Analyze variances and provide commentary on prepared reports and schedules
- Build relationships with FP&A and Merchants to understand variances and provide commentary for reporting deliverables
- Preparation of monthly reconciliations
- Partner with Merchants to prepare quarterly reports relating to inventory reserves
- Responsible for special projects along with day-to-day inventory accounting function
What You Bring
- 3+ year’s Accounting/Finance experience (Public Accounting experience a plus)
- Strong accounting skills (Retail/Inventory experience a plus)
- Experience with major ERP system (Oracle a plus)
- Excellent Excel skills (SQL experience a plus)
- Ability to interrogate, manipulate and understand data from various inventory systems which integrate with Oracle to determine the correct accounting position
- Very flexible and able to function in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with people at various levels (including non-financial associates)
- Strong written communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team
Qualifications
Inclusive Benefits
We offer an inclusive and comprehensive range of benefits to our valued associates, including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
- Disability Benefits
- Paid Parental Leave, Paid Family Leave, and Adoption Support
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Savings Plan (401K) and Life Insurance
- Financial Solutions
- NMG Associates Core Discount of 30%
- Personal and Professional Development Opportunities
For more information, please click “Our Benefits” section on our career site or reference the link here: https://www.neimanmarcusgroup.com/benefits
About Neiman Marcus Group
As one of the largest multi-brand luxury retailers in the U.S., with 3,000+ of the world's most desirable brand partners, we're delivering exceptional products and intelligent services enabled by our investments in data and technology. Through the expertise of our associates, we deliver and scale a personalized luxury experience across our three channels of in-store, eCommerce, and remote selling. Our NMG|Way culture, powered by our people, combines individual talents into a collective strength to make life extraordinary. Our brands include Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.
Our legacy of innovation and culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences. As a female-founded, female-majority organization that outpaces the U.S. population in racial and ethnic diversity, our people are at the heart of our progress, and we take great care to protect and empower them.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our Talent Acquisition process. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation, please email us at ApplicantSupport@NeimanMarcus.com.