Senior Accountant

Aston Carter is working with an awesome company who is looking to grow their accounting team here in Kansas City. This company offers several great perks and benefits including: 19+ days of PTO, 10 paid holidays, bonus & stock opportunity, free lunches, hybrid schedule and more. Our client is looking for someone who has supply chain accounting experience for a large company. Please apply if you are interested in hearing more
Job Description:

• Record journal entries, reconcile complex ledger accounts and identify opportunities for improvement to processes or format.
• Understand business drivers and their effect on financial results to ensure business changes are accurately reflected in the financial statements, analysis and communication.
• Ensure accounting records, monthly accounting close activities, and variance analyses are adequately and properly prepared, maintained and explained in a timely manner.
• Ability to mine for, manipulate and manage large volumes of transactional level data.
• Reviews work submitted by Accountants and provides functional advice, guidance, and training.
• Use accounting concepts, experience, analytical skills and knowledge of industry to resolve issues in creative and effective ways and ensure that appropriate judgment is applied.
• Establishes, maintains, and coordinates the implementation of accounting control procedures.
• Produce accurate and timely ad-hoc reporting from multiple data sources to perform analysis. Must be able to validate and interpret results and summarize in a meaningful format.
• Participate in cross-departmental projects. Ability to understand business changes and articulate Accounting guidelines in support of effort. Identify, document and communicate the impact of new programs or system changes on existing accounting processes.
• Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Accounting required
• CPA preferred
• Public accounting experience preferred
• Large company experience required
• 2+ years of accounting experience required
• Supply chain experience required

About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.

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