Genuine Parts Company

Senior Accountant, Corporate

Full-time · Atlanta, GA
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Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree

License: CPA

Skills & tools

AccountingManagementMonth End CloseRecordkeepingFinancial AnalysisCPA
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The Corporate Accounting Senior Accountant will report to the Manager of Corporate Accounting and collaborate with other members of the NAPA HQ accounting team on month-end and year-end close processes. This role is a key part of the Accounting team, providing oversight over month end close activity including account reconciliations and general ledger adjustments.

Responsibilities include assisting with technical research on complex accounting areas within these domains and assisting with SOX control environment documentation and testing as needed.

  • Lead and actively participate in the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate completion of assigned responsibilities.
  • Prepare, review, and post journal entries, including recurring and non-recurring entries, with appropriate supporting documentation.
  • Perform detailed account reconciliations for assigned general ledger accounts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of reconciling items.
  • Analyze account balances and financial results to identify variances, trends, and unusual fluctuations, providing clear explanations to management, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation, explanations, and support.
  • Perform technical research on complex accounting areas including but not limited to; business combinations (ASC 805), revenue recognition (ASC 606), vendor consideration (ASC 705).
  • Act as the subject matter expert for assigned areas of responsibility and interact with all levels of management regarding issues related to these specific areas.
  • Complete internal controls testing where relevant to assigned areas of responsibility including assisting with the design and implementation of new controls in response to process changes, systems implementation, or identified deficiencies from internal/external audits.
  • Continuous process standardization, improvement, and streamlining
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements include but may not be limited to the following:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in accounting
  • CPA Required
  • Public Accounting background required
  • Basic knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures as relates to general ledger accounting
  • PeopleSoft experience preferred
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Problem solving abilities
  • Detail oriented
  • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities with attention to detail
  • Timely completion of tasks (maintaining/meeting deadlines on a daily/monthly and ad hoc basis)
  • Quality of tasks (accuracy - lacking errors and providing meaningful documentation to support entries and/or position when decisions are made)
  • Capacity (ability to maintain / manage volume of locations – which can be impacted by the complexity of said locations/business)

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