Senior Accounting Analyst, Core Accounting - Finance & Administration

Bloomberg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg positions Senior Accountant to manage the monthly close, perform financial analysis, and ensure accuracy across international entities within Core Accounting. You will drive process improvements and collaborate with finance teams to deliver rigorous reporting that informs business decisions.

The role emphasizes strong journal entry preparation, analytics, and cross-functional communication in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience with strong journal entry preparation and financial analysis.
• Excellent analytical and communication abilities across departments and levels.
• Experience with data visualization and autonomous decision making.
• Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and formulas to automate processes.

Responsibilities

• Complete the month-end close cycle with journal entries in SAP.
• Lead monthly P&L variance analytics with finance team.
• Own and improve monthly account reconciliations and journal entries processes.
• Review and improve various reports for accuracy and consistency across entities.
• Support implementation of new IT tools to enhance accounting workflows.
• Maintain quarterly analytics for international entities and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with international controllers to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Assist stakeholders with ad hoc requests and process standardization.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Autonomous decision making

Data visualization

Excel proficiency

Education

BA/BS in Accounting

CPA (preferred)

Tools

SAP

Job description

The energy of a newsroom, the pace of a trading floor, the buzz of a recent tech breakthrough; we work hard, and we work fast - while keeping up the quality and accuracy we're known for. It's what keeps us inventing and reinventing, all the time. Our culture is wide open, just like our spaces. We bring out the best in each other through collaboration. Through our countless volunteer projects, we also help network with the communities around us, too. You can do outstanding work here. Work you couldn't do anywhere else. It's up to you to make it happen.

What is the role?

At Bloomberg, we are committed to providing outstanding support to our business partners by delivering insight on business performance, financial oversight, and thought leadership. We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our broader Core Accounting team.

This role is heavily focused on managing the monthly close process of our organization. In addition, the role also requires analytical review of our key international entities and broad review of key transactions to ascertain proper accounting application.

As a member of this team, you will deliver a unique blend of accounting and operational analysis, and support the team lead deliver quality analytics and month end close results. A core component of the role will be driving consistency and rigor in reporting across month-end cycles and our quarterly international entity review.

We will trust you to:

• Complete the month-end close cycle, including monthly preparation and posting of requisite journal entries in SAP.
• Lead coordination with our finance team to manage monthly results of the P&L, ensuring quality analytics of ongoing variances.
• Own and implement any process improvements that affect the monthly account reconciliations or journal entries.
• Review various work-product as warranted and look for ways to improve current processes and output.
• Work towards implementation of key initiatives, such as improvement of accrual accuracy and shortening of month-end close cycles.
• Implement new IT adjacent tools to enhance our day-to-day processes and functions.
• Maintain quality quarterly analytics of our international entities to ensure transactions have requisite business and compliance purpose.
• Coordinate with our international controllers’ team to ensure transactions follow statutory laws and regulations.
• Prepare and maintain monthly reconciliations ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Work on ad hoc projects that drive standardization and modernization across the accounting department.
• Support internal and external stakeholders with all ensuing requests.
• Bring a positive, proactive attitude to a high-performing and collaborative team.
• Continuously expand your understanding of the organization, with opportunities to grow into other accounting areas.

You will bring to the team:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in accounting, with a strong focus on journal entry preparation and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities along with and data visualization skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work across multiple departments and levels.
• Experience working autonomously and making decisions in a timely manner.
• Rigor in applying accounting standards across all material transactions.

We would love to see:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience in Accounting; CPA (preferred but not required).
• Proficiency in Excel particularlly focused on aggregating and reviewing data in an efficient manner (Pivot tables; formulas to automate processes and standardize data; etc.).
• Familiarity with the SAP general ledger system (preferred but not required).
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.