Job Description
The Senior Financial Accountant will work as part of the overall Corporate Accounting team, reporting to the Accounting Manager and partnering with members of Corporate Accounting, FP&A, and Operations across the organization. This individual will be a key contributor to the Corporate Accounting team and involved in the overall ownership of Bastian Solutions books, reporting, and controls environment. As part of the team, the Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for delivering Complete, Accurate, and Timely results while supporting our business partners across the organization and providing critical business input and analysis. They will contribute to the corporate mission statement and the success of Bastian Solutions by ensuring that we have appropriately accounted for all business activity and enhanced our processes around financial reporting through ownership of key month-end control processes. In order to be successful in this role, the Senior Financial Accountant will need to work collaboratively across the Organization as a whole, fostering professional relationships and high levels of communication and collaboration, and be willing to operate strategically and tactically on a daily basis.
* Partner with overall Corporate Accounting team to execute on month-end close accounting procedures, including but not limited to closure of ERP Modules, recording of manual journal entries, and key account reconciliations
* Run, analyze, and maintain reporting of key financial information, metrics, and performance dashboards
* Perform detailed review of financial results vs. expectations, prior periods, and standard KPIs -- researching where appropriate and providing analysis to stakeholders
* Use understanding of accounting, best practices, and the business in general to provide input and analysis around key business decisions
* Perform ad-hoc analysis and deep dives into financial results and related processes as needed when independently identified or requested by leadership and/or teammates
* Partner with FP&A to develop financial reporting, analytics, and analysis for key operational reports
* Keep current with changing accounting regulations and ensure Bastian Solutions is in compliance with changes and/or when encountering new transactions or situations
* Take ownership of function through identification and implementation of Kaizen opportunities and other common sense continuous improvement efforts, partnering with support functions where appropriate
* Work with Project Accounting organization to ensure compliance with key controls and accurate results from project accounting activities during the period
* Contribute to overall mitigation of business and control risks
* Support the organic and integrated growth of the organization through creation of scalable relevant standard operating procedures
* Work with Internal and External Audit partners to ensure compliance with JSOX requirements around the design and operating effectiveness of key controls
* Contribute to the successful completion of the overall financial statement audit and associated reviews, testing, and other efforts
* Meet with Business Unit leadership across the organization to review results, forecasts, and risks and opportunities when appropriate
* Timely execution of specific task list items and scheduled reports
* Administrative duties performed in a timely manner
* Demonstrates positive attitude, good communications, mutual respect, and teamwork among fellow employees
* Consistently accurate and on-time transactional accounting where required
* Cost savings and overall success of Bastian
* Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers
* Other duties and responsibilities as assigned regardless of if they are directly related to their core job functions
Required Skills & Experience
Minimum of three to five years of progressive accounting experience in pubic and/or corporate accounting environment
Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business or relevant field of study
Experience in the Pacific Northwest - familiarity with tax laws, etc.
Proficient with MSFT Office Suite - preferably MSFT Dynamics
Experience working with a small business - 20-50M in annual revenue
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
CPA license
Experience overseeing/facilitating an ERP transfer
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.