Global Consolidations Senior Accountant GAAP & SOX

Southern Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage seeks a Staff Accountant to join the Consolidations & Group Reporting team in the United States. The role supports monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, ensuring accurate financial reporting and effective consolidation processes in a global environment.

You will assist with account reconciliations, one-time cost reporting, CTA reconciliations, data validations, and recurring reports while coordinating with accounting and finance to resolve open items and support audits.

Qualifications

• Experience with month-end close, quarter-end close and year-end close processes.
• Ability to prepare and review account reconciliations and schedules.
• Familiarity with consolidation and reporting in a global public-company environment.
• Knowledge of financial data validation and report generation.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities.
• Prepare assigned account reconciliations and accompanying schedules accurately.
• Prepare One-Time Cost reporting and analysis for review.
• Prepare CTA reconciliations along with supporting reports.
• Perform routine financial-data validations and system tie-outs.
• Run and refresh recurring financial reports.
• Assist with Balance Sheet analysis and gathering supporting information.
• Follow up on outstanding close items and documentation.
• Assist with recurring BlackLine tasks and controls.
• Prepare and maintain close and financial-reporting support documentation.
• Support audit requests by gathering reports and supporting documentation.
• Research account and reporting differences and document findings for review.
• Coordinate with accounting and finance teams to obtain supporting information.
• Assist with testing and documentation for new or updated accounting pr

Skills

Consolidations

Group Reporting

Financial Reporting

Account Reconciliations

Close Process

Tools

BlackLine

Job description

Cengage seeks a Staff Accountant to join the Consolidations & Group Reporting team in the United States. The role supports monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, ensuring accurate financial reporting and effective consolidation processes in a global environment.

You will assist with account reconciliations, one-time cost reporting, CTA reconciliations, data validations, and recurring reports while coordinating with accounting and finance to resolve open items and support audits.