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| Date Posted | August 21, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Accounting |
| Job Status | Full-time |
| Salary | Not Specified |
Description:
Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
The Senior Accountant, Shared Services will manage the monthly general ledger close for North America, working directly with local management to ensure completeness, accuracy and timely submission of the sites financial results in accordance with US GAAP.
This is a dynamic position that will be involved, either directly or in a supporting role, in the end-to-end accounting process and will be expected to identify and drive process improvement. In addition, this role will also be responsible to record certain complex accounting entries.
This position will oversee the work of two employees.
Primary Responsibilities
- Ensure the monthly close cycle, including financial results submission and supplemental reporting, is in accordance with the worldwide closing calendar
- Prepare or review month end activities related to: Accounts payable, Unvouchered receipts, accrued expenses, credit cards, payroll, internal and external commissions and prepaid expenses.
- Embrace continuous improvement concept and continuously look for opportunities to make processes more effective and efficient.
- Prepare quarterly Balance Sheet fluctuation analysis
- Manage monthly sales and use tax filings
- Support sales and use tax audits
- Implement and ensure continued compliance with Novanta’s global policies and procedures including SOX controls
- Assist FP&A in the monthly review of financial results with department heads
- Support internal and external audits
Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- 4-6 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
- ERP – Oracle and or Intuitive experience preferred.
- Sales and Use Tax experience preferred
- Able to operate comfortably at a detailed as well as a strategic level
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- HFM/FCCS experience preferred
- Ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of the organization
- Ability to successfully manage competing priorities
- Ability to organize and manage mid to long-term accounting related process improvement initiatives
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
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