Cost Accounting Manager

Smartsearchonline; Bridgewater, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is seeking a contract Senior Accounting professional for North America payroll accounting and financial close responsibilities in Bridgewater, NJ. You will coordinate with ADP and oversee balance sheet reconciliations, forecasts, and year-end activities while ensuring SOX compliance and strong internal controls.

The role supports the Senior Director, collaborates with a Shared Services Center, and requires SAP S/4 and SAC experience, in-depth GAAP knowledge, and excellent

Qualifications

• SAP S/4 and SAC experience.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SOX regulations, and global finance operating models.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Excel, PowerPoint, Word proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end close, forecasting and budgeting for assigned areas of the balance sheet.
• Review actual results for completeness, accuracy and proper accounting treatment and classification.
• Prepare and review monthly balance sheet deliverables and explain variances.
• Oversee quarterly reconciliations and deliverables to financial reporting and external auditors.
• Challenge forecast and budget assumptions for reasonableness.
• Provide guidance to analysts.
• Identify and track risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate payroll accounting with ADP and manage related accruals.
• Assist Senior Director with GAAP research and special projects.
• Support Shared Service Center establishment and oversight.
• Support SOX compliance and tax provision information.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Pressure management

Detail oriented

Tools

SAP S/4

SAC

Job description

Job Details

Job ID#: 65014

Job Category: Accounting

Position Type: Contract

Duration: 5 months

Shift: 1

Remaining Positions: 1

Location

• 1001 Frontier Rd, Suite 100, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
• Hybrid, 4 days onsite, 1 day remote

Description

• Manage the month end close, forecasting and budgeting processes for assigned areas of the balance sheet
• Timely and accurate review of actual results for completeness, accuracy and proper accounting treatment and classification.
• Compilation and review of monthly balance sheet deliverables, including identifying and providing explanations of significant variances between actual and forecasted/budgeted balances.
• Review and oversight of quarterly account reconciliations and deliverables to financial reporting and the external auditors. Will include areas such as payroll and payroll tax accruals, bank reconciliations, employee benefits and other accruals.
• Challenge forecast and budget assumptions and activity for reasonableness, including amount and timing.
• Provide guidance to analysts.
• Timely identification, communication and tracking of risks and opportunities.
• Manage the accounting of various employee benefit and other accruals, including:
  • Coordination with internal and third parties to obtain information to support accruals.
  • Documentation and review of significant assumptions.
  • Review of annual schedules supporting the Company's 10-K.
• Responsible for the Company's North America payroll accounting, including:
  • Timely identification and resolution of interface errors
  • Coordination with ADP, third party payroll processor, as needed
• Assist the Senior Director of Corporate Accounting with special projects and GAAP research on accounting issues.
• Shared Service Center Establishment and Oversight:
  • Collaborate with the shared service center to transition and manage transactional responsibilities such as preparing account reconciliations.
  • Provide training and oversight to ensure process compliance and efficiency.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management:
  • Prepare and/or review support for internal and external audit requests.
  • Ensure SOX compliance for account related control
  • Provide information to Tax Department in support of the Company's tax provision, tax returns, and tax audits.

Requirements

• SAP S/4 and SAC experience
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SOX regulations, and global finance operating models.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end accounting processes and working with global teams in various countries
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for process improvement and automation.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Word is required.

Pay Range: $ 96.00 - $ 96.00

About Stefanini Group

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore, and nearshore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are a CMM Level 5 company.