Accounting Analyst IV

Overview

The Accounting Analyst IV leads the preparation of financial reports and financial statements, analyzes financial data, and helps ensure compliance for both domestic and international entities. This role supports multiple areas of the accounting and finance operations and involves high visibility to key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation, and/or maintenance of one or more accounting processes across different functions within the accounting department
• Handle accounting activities including journal entries, general ledger (GL), accounts receivable, accounts payable, and revenue reconciliation
• Review and interpret financial reporting requirements, rules, and regulations
• Prepare monthly financial statements and prepare/review multiple account reconciliations across domestic and international entities
• Monitor and develop monthly reports of revenues and expenditures for projects
• Improve record keeping for assets, liabilities, and other financial transactions
• Prepare federal, state, and local reports and tax returns/filings
• Set up processes and procedures to properly capture, track, and report revenue (including deferred revenue) in accordance with the company revenue recognition policy, producing revenue reports for internal and/or external use
• Suggest process improvements and best practices
• Perform additional ad hoc tasks and reporting as required by management

Core Knowledge & Experience

• Proven expertise preparing and posting complex journal entries, including prepaid amortization, fixed asset depreciation, payroll accounting, accruals, and month-end adjustments
• Strong experience performing routine GL balance sheet reconciliations and variance analyses
• Hands-on experience in a multi-entity structure, including managing intercompany transactions, billings, and reconciliations
• Background in project accounting, including tracking project costs, allocations, and revenue alignment
• Working knowledge of statutory audit processes, audit compliance, GST filings, and corporate income tax regulations

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S/B.A) from a four-college or university and 8+ years’ related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 4+ years of hands-on General Ledger (GL) accounting experience
• Experience determining methods and procedures on new assignments, with ability to coordinate activities of other personnel
• Experience working in professional services or people-driven organizations, including dynamic financial modeling
• Technology background critical given the IT nature of the business
• Strong reconciliation and problem identification/solving skills
• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to package and present large, disparate amounts of information into digestible, actionable messages
• Ability to work with peers and counterparts in a global/multi-location setup
• Experience with HRIS accounting modules
• International experience and US GAAP

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA preferred
• Public/private experience
• System implementation experience

Physical Demand & Work Environment

• Ability to perform office-related tasks, including prolonged sitting or standing
• Ability to move from place to place within an office environment
• Ability to use a computer
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Some roles may require occasional repetitive motion or movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers