Who We Are

Robert Half has a long history of connecting opportunities at great companies with highly skilled professionals. Bolstered by the strength of our brand, our people, our technology, and our professional services business model, we help clients access the specialized talent they need to grow their businesses while creating meaningful career opportunities for the people we serve. We pioneered the idea of professional talent solutions over 70 years ago and continue to lead the industry as a global, publicly traded company.

To support our evolving global business, our Corporate Accounting team is seeking a Senior Accountant I. This role partners with teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC to support close and reporting activities, process improvement initiatives, and other key finance projects. The ideal candidate is analytical, collaborative, and motivated to continuously improve processes and controls.

What You'll Do

• Supports operations of the accounting teams, maintaining current understanding of the evolving business models, policies and adhering to effective internal controls, inclusive of global financial systems, procedures, and processes.

• Demonstrates effective collaboration across organization to best serve business needs and exceed expectations; actively supports key decisions and promote a spirit of teamwork to establish the commitment to the company.

• Identifies process improvements opportunities, including creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and dashboards.

• Promotes a culture in which processes balance innovation and financial accountability.

• Prepares manual journal entries related to accruals, prepaids, reserves, as needed, to ensure that the month end close activities are in accordance with GAAP.

• Monitors accounting entries created during the month to ensure that sub-ledger accounting is created as expected.

• Analyzes monthly financial results and provide variance, trend explanations, and analytical write up to senior management and business.

• Readily identifies data anomalies and exceptions as observed in summarized financial data and ability to understand reasons and impacts of these data anomalies, exceptions, and changes to explain issues to leadership.

• Participates in timely completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual close process tasks including ensuring that all routine journal entries are processed and responding to information requests.

• Supports the annual audit process and provides data, financial information, or analysis in response to ad hoc requests.

• Collaborates with International teams to ensure consistent practical application of accounting policy across the enterprise.

• Supports assurance of accurate data integrity for documentation supporting finance close activities.

• Prepares monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts between sub-leger and general ledger with moderate complexity.

• Through written and oral communications with various department staff who initiated the transactions, implement follow-up procedures to clean up reconciling items and document the procedures.

• Documents procedures and keep them up to date to reflect any changes as they arise.

• Identifies opportunities for improvement in the reconciliation/reporting procedure.

• Researches accounting issues, document conclusions, and communicate recommendations to management.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

• 2+ years’ experience in public accounting or 4+ years in accounting/finance, etc.

• Public accounting experience a plus.

• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems.

• Continuous improvement mindset with an interest in process optimization and automation.

• Ability to work effectively across teams and geographies.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• CPA preferred.

The typical annual salary range for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.

We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental), FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, and short/long term disability. Robert Half provides paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) our people receive varies based on their years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year. Our people also receive up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year. We also offer the opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees. Learn more at https://roberthalfbenefits.com.

Robert Half Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran

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