Senior Accountant – Accounting Policy

Job Description:

This Senior Accountant position is part of the Global Accounting Policy team and interacts regularly with key finance and accounting personnel at GS and Corporate, and the Company’s external and internal auditors.

As the Senior Accountant you will:

• Participate in a team of technical accounting professionals who perform accounting research, develop accounting policies, and provide accounting determination on issues in a complex environment
• Research and interpret generally accepted accounting principles to ensure proper reporting of external financial statements

Specific areas of expertise assigned to this position include:

• Serving as primary liaison to the GS finance teams
• Performing evaluations of complex transactions involving topics such as revenue, backlog, inventory and impairment risks
• Supporting and performing analysis for Corporate Accounting such as goodwill and GS related corporate development activities

Position Responsibilities:

• Serves as a subject matter expert on various technical accounting matters
• Leads the analysis and interpretation of highly complex transactions, policies and regulatory requirements, primarily related to revenue recognition, inventory and impairment risks
• Researches and provides expert guidance on new and existing accounting issues including writing whitepapers on accounting issues
• Assists the financial reporting team with preparation of certain quarterly financial statement schedules
• Ensures continued compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act and assists in the analysis and mitigation of compliance risk/errors of a complex nature
• Participates in special projects as they arise

Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s Degree or higher

·         3+ years of accounting experience

·         3+ years of experience researching and applying US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to solve complex accounting issues

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

·         Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field

·         Work experience in industry with a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC registrant and/or public accounting firm

·         Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

·         Experience with Big 4 accounting

·         Experience with Estimates of Completion (EACs)

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