Senior Accountant

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Purpose of the position

Reporting to the Manager, Revenue and Cost Accounting, we are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our dynamic finance team. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of accounting principles, and a proven ability to solve problems and enhance financial processes. We value individuals who are keen to learn, embrace challenges, and grow professionally. This role supports end-to-end gross margin accounting and reporting, while partnering with the business to ensure compliance with accounting policies and standards, improve processes, and provide visibility into anticipated accounting impacts.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Compliance & process improvements:

• Ensure adherence to accounting policies and standards through regular reviews, analysis, and updates.
• Partner with business and operational teams to support proper accounting treatment and compliance in day-to-day activities.
• Support external and internal audits by responding to inquiries and maintaining complete, accurate documentation for assigned areas.
• Identify and recommend process and control improvements across end-to-end gross margin accounting and other organizational processes.
• Play a key role in process improvement initiatives and system upgrades, including developing test scripts, completing end-to-end testing, and validating accounting results.

2. End-to-End Gross Margin Accounting:

• Own and support month-end activities across the end-to-end gross margin accounting cycle, from revenue recognition through the related costs, provisions, and margin results.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, provisions, reclassifications, reconciliations, and supporting workpapers, ensuring transactions are complete, accurate, and recorded in the appropriate period.
• Assess accounting treatment for new or changing business activities and partner with stakeholders to ensure transactions comply with applicable accounting standards and company policies.
• Monitor key accounts, provisions, and operational inputs; investigate unusual activity and coordinate timely corrections with business and finance partners.
• Maintain clear accounting documentation, process narratives, and audit support for assigned areas, and provide effective backup across the Revenue and Cost Accounting team.

3. Reporting, Analysis & Business Partnership:

• Prepare monthly gross margin reporting and supporting analysis, with clear explanations of significant trends, variances, and underlying business drivers.
• Partner with business and operational teams to review monthly results, explain accounting impacts, identify risks and opportunities, and support informed decision-making.
• Perform product, customer, channel, regional, or other relevant analysis to identify anomalies, understand business drivers, and improve the accuracy and usefulness of financial reporting.
• Contribute accounting insights and analysis to planning, forecasting, and other forward-looking business activities, as required.
• Create scalable reporting and analytical tools that improve visibility, strengthen controls, and reduce manual effort.

Education and work experience

• CPA designation with 5+ years of post-designation experience, including prior public accounting and audit experience with subsequent industry experience is preferred.
• Strong technical accounting foundation, combined with practical industry experience applying accounting principles and financial reporting standards to business operations and transactions.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills; experiences with Microsoft Dynamics and PowerBi are an asset
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Well-rounded, collaborative self-starter with strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and business-partnering skills, requiring minimal supervision.

Supervision

• This position has no direct reports

Working conditions

• Collaborative and supportive work environment
• Timelines for reporting are tight, may require working on reports off normal business hours.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• This role requires a background check

At SMART, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace where all individuals regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, or disability can thrive. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.