Senior Accountant

7-Eleven, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

7-Eleven, Inc. in Irving, TX seeks a Senior Accountant to support month-end close, analyze gross profit, and ensure accurate financial reporting in a high-volume environment.

You will manage journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis by merchandise category, vendor, and location, while upholding GAAP and internal controls. Strong Excel, ERP, and analytics skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 4-6 years of progressive accounting experience.
• CPA certification or CPA eligible is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform month-end close activities to ensure timely, accurate reporting.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and resolve items promptly.
• Perform detailed gross profit analysis by merchandise category, vendor, and location.
• Analyze sales, inventory, cost of sales, markdowns, shrink, and margins.
• Prepare monthly management financial reports and schedules.
• Ensure GAAP compliance and internal controls.
• Participate in system enhancements, automation projects and process improvements.
• Ad-hoc duties as needed.

Skills

Analytical

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Month-end close

Journal entries

Gross margin analysis

Financial statement analysis

Inventory accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Oracle ERP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world.We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to 'activate awesome' and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day.If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting through timely month-end close activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and detailed gross profit analysis. The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, investigate reconciling items, and ensure timely resolution of outstanding differences.
• Perform detailed gross profit analysis, including variance analysis by merchandise category, vendor, and location.
• Analyze sales, inventory, cost of sales, markdowns, shrink, and other factors impacting gross margin performance.
• Prepare monthly management financial reports and schedules.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal control requirements.
• Participate in system enhancements, automation initiatives, and process improvement projects.
• Ad-hoc duties as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 4-6 years of progressive accounting experience.
• CPA certification or CPA eligible is a plus.

Key Skills

• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience performing financial statement and gross profit analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, and complex formulas.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or similar financial systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

• Knowledge of inventory accounting, cost of sales, and gross margin reporting
• Experience supporting process automation and reporting enhancements using Power BI or similar analytics tools.

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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