Columbia Sportswear Looking for Senior Accountant – Corporate Accounting at United States, Oregon, Portland Full Time

*This position is hybrid and requires working from our Portland, OR area HQ 3 days per week.

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a Global Finance organization, we enable our business to grow profitably by providing high-quality financial expertise and support. Global Accounting manages our financial records across all operating regions and consists of several departments, including Corporate Accounting, Financial Compliance, APAC Finance & Accounting, Inventory Cost Accounting and Control, North America Accounting, and Global Finance Shared Services.

The Corporate Accounting Senior Accountant is part of the Corporate Accounting team and performs duties within the associated work tracks that serve as global centers of expertise, such as accounting for restructuring projects, hedge accounting, impairment for goodwill and intangible assets and global incentive compensation programs. This position will work cross-functionally and with all of the applicable regions, mostly within the Global Finance Organization.

HOWYOU’LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Serve as Corporate center of expertise for accounting and executing restructuring projects, often driving by the Corporate Tax Department. Perform associated complex journal entries, present to Tax, Treasury and Accounting leadership for approval, and engage with applicable regions to execute the transactions ensuring that the consolidated financial statements are complete and accurate.

• Serve as Corporate center of expertise for hedge accounting. Perform hedging journal entries, partnering with Treasury, FP&A, and Planning as necessary, and with applicable regions to execute the transactions ensuring that the consolidated financial statements are complete and accurate. Create hedging footnotes and disclosure schedules for inclusion within the 10-K and 10-Q filings.

• Serve as Corporate center or expertise for goodwill and intangible asset impairment analysis and resulting accounting. Prepare initial draft of quarterly triggering event and annual impairment analyses, including conclusion memorandum, supporting schedules and calculations.

• Serve as Corporate center of expertise for accounting for incentive compensation such as the annual bonus program, awards under share-based compensation arrangements and other cash-based awards provided to executives in lieu of share-based awards and perform associated journal entries. Prepare other share-related journal entries and calculations such as earnings per share and share reconciliation of quarterly dividend payments. Prepare footnote and disclosure schedules for inclusion within the 10-K and 10-Q filings.

• Assist in preparing monthly consolidation of subsidiary balance sheets and income statements.

• Monitor and manage foreign currency rate data maintained in ERP systems.

• Support Global Finance initiative of continuous improvement.

• Participate in other projects as needed.

YOU ARE

• Demonstrate strong accounting knowledge and understanding with very strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Skilled in problem solving, making decisions, being a self-starter and working effectively under pressure while meeting deadlines.

• Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work cooperatively in a team environment across a global organization.

• Continuous improvement thinker, capable of identifying and delivering end-to-end process and technology improvement.

YOUHAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience or 3+ years of public accounting experience.

• CPA preferred.

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles proficiency.

• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and proficiency in MS Word; Systems experience in financial systems, including SAP and TM1 a plus.

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Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we’ve been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who’s found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.