Primary Function of Position
The Finance Development Program Analyst – Accounting is a recent college graduate looking to learn a foundation of critical skills to support a career in corporate accounting through a rotation program. The program runs for two years, composed of three 8-month rotations through various functions, such as Corporate Accounting, Revenue Accounting, Technical Accounting, and SEC Reporting. This position reports to the accounting manager of the team they are assigned to for each rotation and is supported by the manager and their team. At the conclusion of the 2-year rotation, qualified graduates of the program transition into roles within the accounting organization to support our fast-growing business.
This position supports the organization by providing operational and technical accounting support as well as financial and operational business performance analyses to management. Gathers data, analyzes transactions, records entries, prepares documentation, and supports reporting efforts within the accounting organization as well as summarizes recommendations for financial plans, future requirements, and operating forecasts within the finance organization.
Essential Job Duties
- Preparation and posting of GL and sub-ledger journal entries
- Support the month-end close processes
- Preparation of account reconciliations (research and resolve discrepancies/reconciling items)
- Assist with the accounting and documentation for various transactions
- Research, document, record, and communicate technical accounting matters as they arise
- Create and maintain accounting policies and procedures
- Manage daily accounting activities to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX/internal controls, and external audits
- Perform and document risk research and test internal controls
- Support both internal and external audits
- Complete special projects, as assigned
- Monitor, identify and communicate financial and operational performance to senior leaders within Finance, Sales, Marketing, Product Operations or Corporate functions
- Develop financial models and review and assess investments based on ROI calculations and business strategy
- Provide financial controllership for cost center budgeting and forecasting
- Generate monthly reporting and business metrics packages
- Monitor and analyze effectiveness of resource utilization
- Design and implement scalable processes and reporting of key business metrics
- Create ad-hoc analyses and business forecasts
- Identify and drive implementation of cost reduction and process improvement projects