Coordinator l, Staff Accountant

Panera LLC; United States; On-site; USD 43,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Panera Bread is seeking a Staff Accountant to support our bakery-cafes, leadership team, and other departments with accurate financial reporting information and general accounting support.

The position requires an accounting degree with 2+ years of experience, strong Excel skills, and the ability to handle high volume and tight deadlines. Workday experience is a plus; travel is not required. Saint Louis Support Center offers competitive pay and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Accounting degree required with 2+yrs of experience preferred.
• Ability to handle high volume and tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
• Solid technical accounting skills with an ability to understand detailed accounting entries.
• Good communication skills to articulate to non-accountants and accountants about the actual financials.
• Friendly, helpful, and driven to achieve.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Workday experience a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and take ownership of assigned account reconciliations and account analyses each period, quarter, and year-end in an accurate and timely manner.
• Work closely with management with updating various accrual spreadsheets, pulling invoices, and researching variances to ensure accruals for bakery-cafes and overhead departments are accurate on a monthly basis.
• Participate in reviews with bakery-cafe and overhead management to answer questions pertaining to items within the P&Ls while developing proactive relationships to ensure exceptional customer service.
• Work within a team on special projects and other ad hoc requests.

Skills

Communication skills

Deadline-driven

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting degree

Tools

Excel

Workday

Job description

Coordinator l, Staff Accountant Panera Bread

Panera Bread is a specialty concept with unparalleled people and quality products offering careers as diverse as our breads. We are actively seeking a Staff Accountant to support our bakery-cafes, leadership team, and other departments which require accurate financial reporting information and general accounting support.

Duties & Responsibilities

Prepare and take ownership of assigned account reconciliations and account analyses each period, quarter, and year-end in an accurate and timely manner.

Work closely with management with updating various accrual spreadsheets, pulling invoices, and researching variances to ensure accruals for bakery-cafes and overhead departments are accurate on a monthly basis.

Participate in reviews with bakery-cafe and overhead management to answer questions pertaining to items within the P&Ls while developing proactive relationships to ensure exceptional customer service.

Work within a team on special projects and other ad hoc requests.

Qualifications (Education & Experience)

Accounting degree required with 2+yrs of experience preferred.

Ability to handle high volume and tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy.

Solid technical accounting skills with an ability to understand detailed accounting entries.

Good communication skills to articulate to non-accountants and accountants about the actual financials.

Friendly, helpful, and driven to achieve.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Workday experience a plus, but not required.

Working Conditions

Required travel - 0%

Physical Requirements: While performing this job, the incumbent is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear & use hands and fingers to operate keyboards.

Direct Reports

This position will have no direct reports.

Competitive salary

$43,419 - $64,103 annually. The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location. Individual compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

Saint Louis Support Center

With more than 2,000 Panera LLC and independent franchise bakery-cafes in the Panera Bread family, and more locations opening all the time, it's no wonder our company has been an excellent source of career and personal growth opportunities for more than 25 years.

In neighborhoods across the U.S. and Canada, customers enjoy flavorful, handcrafted meals centered around freshly baked artisan bread. To us, that means serving food like we serve our own families - free of any of the items on our 'No No' List.

Along the way, we also like to give back to our community. We enjoy working together, shoulder to shoulder with our customers, to confront a serious problem plaguing communities across this country - Hunger. Through our Panera Cares community cafes, we offer a dignified dining experience in an uplifting environment.

In addition, we support our communities through day-end donations at our bakery-cafe locations and partner with local non-profit organizations.

It's this warmth that you'll find when you join Panera Bread. From our competitive compensation and benefits packages to our unique cultural values, we're confident you'll find us a rewarding and fun place to work.