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Description Position Description
The Senior Accountant role will report to the Catapult Learning Accounting Manager. The primary responsibility of the Senior Accountant will be to ensure the monthly balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and timely to ensure proper reporting of company position to the executive team. The Senior Accountant will work with our Regional Directors and Financial Analysts to ensure that P&L results are reported correctly. The role will be instrumental in support the field in understanding their performance and driving results. Among other things this position will assist with other tasks and audit needs of the company. This is a full-time remote position with limited office meetings in corporate headquarters in Philadelphia (The Navy Yard).
Primary Functions And Essential Responsibilities
- Lead in the month-end close process: preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and preparing account analysis.
- Participate and contribute to the areas such as revenue accounting, expense accruals, and leases.
- Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations including receivables, accruals and prepaid.
- Continue to improve the standardized closing and reporting processes in order to streamline operations.
- Work with Shared Services Accounting team to ensure accuracy of P&L results.
- Support Financial Planning and Analysis team in developing forecasts and budgets for the division.
- Prepare and manage sales & use tax filings and personal property tax filings on the monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
- Assist with consolidated year end audit, along with required state audits.
- Produce ad hoc reports and analyses as requested.
- File state required reporting and documentation.
Qualifications
- BS in Accounting or Finance.
- Minimum 2+ years of relevant accounting and finance experience.
- Experience in a monthly close process.
- Strong Excel skills.
- A hands-on, take-charge financial professional with strong financial and analytical skills.
- High attention to detail and possesses excellent organizational skills
- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation. Strong business and common sense.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
