Accountant

SUMMARY:

- Responsible for providing expertise on complex business, financial or managerial issues within a business unit environment.

MAJOR JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Ability to analyze and understand various accounting issues that affect the business
- Educate your accounting staff and non-accountants on accounting issues
- Resolve issues independently
- Lead and/or direct teams within or outside of accounting to address complex problems, and demonstrate accountability for you and your team's results.
- Will act as an accounting user representative for multiple or more complex systems,
- Will act as a business analyst for corporate sourcing, New Product Introduction and competitive analysis studies and/or a business analyst for specific business unit or product teams.

SKILLS:

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

- Experience with NPV and IRR analysis required.
- 4 year Degree in Accounting or equivalent or 4 year Degree in Business with a minimum of 18 hours accounting course work.
- Professional Certification (CPA, CMA or equivalent) - Preferred.
- 6 to 8 years of accounting experience - Preferred.
- Accounting experience at a large public accounting firm or a Fortune 500 company - Preferred.
- 3.0/4.0 Accounting Grade Point Average (or equivalent) - Preferred.
- 3.0/4.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (or equivalent) - Preferred.
- MBA or Masters Degree in Accounting (or equivalent) - Preferred.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

- Demonstrated excellence in Leadership, Initiative, Communication, Interpersonal, Judgment and Analytical skills.