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Senior Accountant
About the job Senior Accountant
**MUST LIVE IN THE GREATER PHOENIX, ARIZONA AREA**
Senior Accountant: Position Overview
The Senior Accountant plays a pivotal role in supplying essential financial insights to our leadership. This role involves generating financial statements, reconciling accounts, overseeing the general ledger, aiding in audit processes, and executing a range of accounting tasks.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the preparation of monthly and year-end close.
- Initiate and evaluate journal entries.
- Manage account reconciliations, including prepaid items and expenses.
- Deliver prompt updates on fixed assets for fiscal reports.
- Ensure timely month-end activities for accurate monthly financial reporting.
- Manage balance sheet and profit & loss statement reconciliations.
- Monitor and analyze profit & loss trends.
- Exhibit a comprehensive knowledge of accrual-based accounting.
- Undertake special projects and financial research.
- Uphold confidentiality and safeguard the company's operations.
- Foster collaborative team dynamics.
- Fulfill other accounting roles and tasks as necessitated.
Essential Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in general accounting.
- Strong knowledge of fixed assets, general ledger, and utilizing financial reporting tools.
- Exceptional understanding of account reconciliations, balance sheet reviews, and journal entries.
- Regular engagement with senior executives is expected, so excellent communication skills are a must.
- Demonstrated ability to adhere to tight deadlines and manage confidential data.