{"id":1178,"date":"2021-05-03T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T05:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsampleresume.com\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T07:08:49","slug":"senior-accountant-job-description","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsampleresume.com\/job-descriptions\/senior-accountant-job-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Accountant Job Description"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A senior accountant is responsible\nfor analyzing financial transactions and presenting valuable information about the\ncompany&#x2019;s performance before the management. They have to give advice, audit\naccounts, and provide trustworthy data about financial records. They have to\nmanage financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting, corporate\nfinance, business recovery, and accounting system. The professional needs to be\nexperienced in a similar role and must have hands-on experience with accounting\nsoftware<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Senior Accountant Job Titles:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Senior Accountant<\/li><li>Senior Accountant ( 5+ year experience)<\/li><li>Senior Accountant ( CPA required)<\/li><li>Sr. Accountant<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Senior Accountant Job Summary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are looking to hire an ambitious\naccountant to join our team. He will be responsible for heading the finance\ndepartment and reporting directly to the CFO. A career in finance will provide\nyou an opportunity to learn all aspects of finance internal function including\nfinancial planning and reporting, data analyzing and assisting leadership. You have\nto focus on recording the financial transaction, paying and receiving invoices,\nmaintaining a financial statement ledger account, and reconciliation of bills\nto detect fraud. As a part of a team, you need to assist with monthly closing,\nfinancial analysis, oversight and management of control, tax and cash projection,\nand data security. You have to be actively involved in business development\nactivities. You should help identify research opportunities for existing\nclients. You have to establish effective working relationships with clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Senior Accountant Responsibilities\nand Duties:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Manage accounting tasks and analyze the budget and create financial forecasts<\/li><li>Publicize financial statement according to the planned schedule<\/li><li>Gather, analyze and present summarized accounting information<\/li><li>Calculate tax and tax return<\/li><li>Prepare balance sheet, profit and loss statement<\/li><li>Create and provide detailed reports for upper management<\/li><li>Audit financial transaction<\/li><li>Make sure confidential information is secure<\/li><li>Conduct regular ledger maintenance<\/li><li>Create a package for monthly and annual reporting<\/li><li>Coordinate and analysis close process with corporate accounting and operations teams<\/li><li>Able to work with external and internal auditors on municipal finance and other financial service related accounting issues<\/li><li>Oversee general ledger responsibilities like performing month-end account analysis, reviewing reconciliation, reviewing general  ledger activity, preparing to enter and to post general entries<\/li><li>Lead initiatives and provide suggestion to drive internal control procedures and efficient operation of all domestic business units<\/li><li>Contribute development of your own and teams technical acumen<\/li><li>Must be expert with general ledger activities and creating an expense report<\/li><li>Train and lead staff<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Senior Accountant Skills and\nQualification:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Bachelor degree in accounting required<\/li><li>Must possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in general or tax accounting<\/li><li>Advanced knowledge of Excel and familiar with SAP<\/li><li>Punctual, reliable and must have strong communication skill<\/li><li>Expertize with a computerized ledger system<\/li><li>Critical thinker and problem solver skills<\/li><li>Advanced experience using accounting software<\/li><li>Familiar using GAAP technical accounting<\/li><li>Prior experience in public accounting<\/li><li>Able to plan to organize and prioritize assignment and meet critical established deadlines<\/li><li>Flexible and able to work under pressure with tight deadlines<\/li><li>Able to adjust priorities in a rapidly changing environment<\/li><li>Able to manage multiple assignments simultaneously<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Senior Accountant Job Titles:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Other Accountant Related Job Titles:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsampleresume.com\/job-descriptions\/management-accountant-job-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Management Accountant Job Description<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior accountant is responsible for analyzing financial transactions and presenting valuable information about the company&#x2019;s performance before the management. They have to give advice, audit accounts, and provide trustworthy data about financial records. They have to manage financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting, corporate finance, business recovery, and accounting system. 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