Senior Accountant, SG&A

Nike; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike Beaverton seeks a Senior Accountant to join the Global SG&A Accounting team, owning monthly and quarterly close activities and preparing journal entries, accruals, and analytic reviews.

You will partner with Operations, Finance, Procurement, and Global Finance Ops to strengthen SG&A governance, controls, and policy improvements while communicating financial implications to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• CPA or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in public accounting, corporate accounting, technical accounting, or operational excellence, within a large, complex, multinational corporation and/or Public Accounting firm.
• Understanding and experience with US GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Proficiency with SAP ERP, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities including journals and accruals.
• Engage with business partners to communicate financial implications of SG&A spend.
• Ensure policy governance and internal controls related to SG&A spend and liabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement of accounting processes and reporting with service providers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Business partnership

Communication skills

US GAAP knowledge

SAP ERP proficiency

MS Office proficiency

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field

CPA certification encouraged

Tools

SAP ERP

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Job description

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will be part of the Global Controlling organization, reporting directly to the Global SG&A Accounting Manager. As a Senior Accountant, on the Global SG&A Accounting team, you will be responsible for successful execution of critical monthly and quarterly close activities. You will work cross-functionally with various NIKE wide-teams including Operations, Finance, Procurement and Global Finance Operations. Other key partnerships include Finance Governance & Controls and Technical Accounting & Policy to develop and implement best practices for SG&A Accounting.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Senior Accountant with strong analytical, business partnership, and communication skills who will support initiatives to improve global accounting policies, processes, and controls that drive and deliver heightened shareholder value. In this role you will work with business partners, to inform business decisions and financial plans on technical accounting, financial reporting, financial risks, process, and control requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in public accounting, corporate accounting, technical accounting, or operational excellence, within a large, complex, multinational corporation and/or Public Accounting firm.
• Understanding and experience with US GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Proficiency with SAP ERP, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint systems is a plus.
• Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships across teams, functions, and layers, preferably within a large complex corporation.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and managing multiple, competing priorities and requests, while maintaining high standards for quality and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate status, issues, and risks to leadership.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

A typical day/week will consist of regular engagement with business partners to understand SG&A initiatives so that you can apply that knowledge in preparation for period-end close activities, including preparing journal entries, accruals, and analytic reviews. In addition, you will be responsible for the following:

• Participate in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual operating results.
• Ensure policy and process governance with controls related to SG&A spend and accrued liabilities.
• Proactive engagement with business partners to clearly and concisely communicate the financial implications of SG&A spend, including judgmental accounting conclusions.
• Drive continuous improvement through collaboration with our managed service provider, finance and business partners to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness of accounting processes and financial reporting.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.