Senior Accountant

Smith Arnold Partners; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith Arnold Partners, Hartford, CT, is seeking an experienced Accountant to join a global organization and contribute to monthly close, financial reporting, and business partnering with FP&A and cross-functional leaders.

The role offers exposure to budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and a fast-paced international environment for an accounting professional with 3+ years of experience aiming to broaden their impact and advance toward leadership in finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with financial reporting or ERP tools.
• Experience with SAP BPC, SAP ERP, Anaplan, Planful or EPM Cloud is helpful.
• Analytical, detail-oriented and comfortable with cross-functional collaboration.
• Interest in technology in finance, with tools like Power BI, Power Automate, Copilot and ChatGPT.

Responsibilities

• Handle key pieces of the monthly financial close, including journal entries, reporting, intercompany activity and reconciliations.
• Perform financial analysis across North & Central American business entities, including sales and income reporting.
• Work with FP&A on variance analysis, reporting and financial storytelling.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Partner with leaders across Finance, HR and Legal.
• Assist with balance sheet reviews, internal controls and audit support.
• Help build reports and provide analysis for different areas of the business.
• Get involved in special projects and process improvements within corporate finance.

Skills

Excel

Analytical

Detail-oriented

People skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

SAP BPC

SAP ERP

Anaplan

Planful

EPM Cloud

Power BI

Power Automate

Copilot

ChatGPT

Job description

Join a highly successful global organization as a senior accountnat and take your career beyond traditional accounting.

This dynamic role offers the opportunity to contribute to monthly close and financial reporting while partnering with FP&A and cross-functional leaders to analyze results, explain variances, and support key business decisions. You'll gain valuable exposure to budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and business partnering within a complex international environment, making it an ideal opportunity for an accounting professional with 3+ years of experience who is eager to expand their skill set, increase their business impact, and build a strong foundation for future leadership opportunities in finance.

Employee testimonials:

• Great company. Fun and challenging environment! Enjoyed atmosphere. Felt appreciated. Would certainly recommend it!
• A rewarding and flexible work environment that encourages innovation and creativity in providing solutions for the business analytics challenges!
• Great culture, excellent management team, lots of opportunities for growth
• Great place to work that values its employees and their employees’ opinions. Does a great job at providing the organization’s vision to employees. They care about the future

Title: Accountant

Salary: $90,000 – $110,000 +Bonus

Location: Hartford, CT (Hybrid)

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Handle key pieces of the monthly financial close, including journal entries, reporting, intercompany activity and reconciliations
• Perform financial analysis across North & Central American business entities, including sales and income reporting
• Work with FP&A on variance analysis, reporting and financial storytelling
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process
• Partner with leaders across Finance, HR and Legal
• Assist with balance sheet reviews, internal controls and audit support
• Help build reports and provide analysis for different areas of the business
• Get involved in special projects and process improvements within corporate finance

What We’re Looking For

• We’d like to speak with accountants who have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong Excel skills are important, along with experience using financial reporting or ERP tools. Experience with SAP BPC, SAP ERP, Anaplan, Planful or EPM Cloud would be helpful, but you don't need to have worked with every system listed.
• We’re especially interested in someone who is analytical, detail-oriented and comfortable working with people outside of accounting.
• There is also an increasing focus on technology within the finance organization, including tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, Copilot and ChatGPT, so this is a good environment for someone interested in how technology is changing corporate finance.