Sr. Reporting & Planning Accountant - Levi Hunter

Sr. Reporting & Planning Accountant

Location: Lynchburg, VA (No Remote)

Direct Hire

Pay: $80k - $90k

No Sponsorship, H1B or C2C

The Sr. Reporting & Planning Accountant is a critical role in the: The Monthly/Quarterly Accounting/reporting close process and ensuring adequate Controls and Compliance throughout COMPANY worldwide.

The Sr. Reporting & Planning Accountant will be responsible for assisting the business to implement efficient and diligent financial practices and is heavily involved in the day to day running of the accounting function. You will lead all global reconciliations and Cadency process for COMPANY whilst ensuring a compliant control environment. The Role will assist in developing standard accounting procedures and business decision support, implement process and procedural improvements across the business, actively participate in the monthly financial close and other financial requirements at the Divisional and Corporate levels and Lead with financial and Sox audits well as other duties as assigned.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Assist in the preparation, processing, consolidation, and analysis of COMPANY’s monthly financial results. Work closely with various personnel in reviewing the results. Help define the expectations and reporting/analytical requirements.

· Assist in preparing the various reports as required by the Business, including capital projects, cost savings, financial metrics, monthly presentations, etc.

· Actively lead & participate in the ongoing user enhancement and process optimization of the IFS software company wide and own the Business Intelligence Application for the Finance group.

· Proactively support all functional areas and corporate personnel regarding operational issues, inventory management, asset management and business profitability.

· Participate in developing the annual budget and strategic plan.

· Participate in the preparation, coordination and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial projections.

· Maintains COMPANY’s DRS/OneStream financial reporting system interface.

· Ensures the local ERP financial results are properly reported into corporate.

· Assist in reporting monthly and quarterly financial information in DRS/One Stream and DPLAN/One Stream, including financial bridge construction.

· Responsible for calculating/filing the various monthly tax requirements.

· Cost and inventory analysis as required.

· Backup the Financial Planning & Reporting Manager with Monthly Reporting Requirements.

· Improve & Optimize Monthly Financial Presentation for Corporate.

· Provides financial support of COMPANY’s locations.

· Further define and optimize COMPANY’s business needs through developing standard processes and best practices.

· Implement reporting process changes that monitor both financial and non-financial indicators.

· Assist with projects and other reports as needed.

· Interface with internal & external auditors.

· Assist in the coordination of SOX audits and helps maintains /validates SOX procedures.

· Reconciliations of various general ledger accounts.

· Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education:

· A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with a minimum of 5 plus years’ experience in a manufacturing environment is required.

· A CPA, CMA, or MBA is preferred.

Experience:

· Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word.

· Self-starter with the ability to work independently. Must be creative, with a can do attitude.

· The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and achieve deadlines while working with changing priorities is required.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

· Ability to interpret a variety of instructions and solve practical problems. Strong technical skills coupled with a solid understanding of general business.

· The ability to be both thorough and analytical while understanding the big picture as well as the finer details.

· Experience with fully integrated ERP software with the ability to seek out basic system functionally that will enhance end user processes examples - Oracle, IFS,OneStream

· Must be able to interact across Functional work boundaries, lead a team, and communicate effectively at all levels of an organization.