Senior Analyst, Corporate Accounting

Foster McKay; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster McKay in Englewood Cliffs, NJ seeks a Senior Analyst, Corporate Accounting to support financial reporting, close, reconciliations, and internal controls within a complex organization. You will partner across Finance and Accounting, help improve processes, and drive ERP transformation and automation opportunities.

The role will lead journal entries, intercompany accruals, and testing related to ERP changes, while enforcing policy compliance and continuous improvement across the close

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting, financial reporting, audit, or public accounting experience.
• CPA or CPA-track preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead purchase order and invoice-related accounting activities, incl. accrual reviews and policy compliance.
• Prepare and post complex journal entries and monthly accruals (intercompany, reserves, facilities, cash, etc.).
• Own BlackLine reconciliations, ensuring timely certification and resolution of items.
• Perform balance sheet and P&L variance analysis and provide explanations for management reporting.
• Review entries and reconciliations prepared by offshore teams and provide guidance.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA preferred

Tools

BlackLine

ERP systems

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Analyst, Corporate Accounting to support corporate accounting, financial reporting, close, reconciliations, and internal controls within a complex organization. This role will partner across Finance and Accounting while helping improve processes, support ERP transformation, and identify automation opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead purchase order and invoice-related accounting activities, including accrual reviews, supporting documentation, and policy compliance.
• Prepare and post complex journal entries and monthly accruals related to intercompany, legal reserves, facilities, cash, restructuring, prepaids, and other corporate activities.
• Own assigned BlackLine reconciliations, ensuring timely certification, proper support, and resolution of reconciling items.
• Perform balance sheet and P&L variance analysis and prepare explanations for management reporting.
• Review journal entries and reconciliations prepared by offshore accounting teams and provide guidance as needed.
• Partner with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Payroll, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate accounting treatment under U.S. GAAP.
• Support monthly and quarterly close, reporting packages, recurring documentation, and audit requests.
• Maintain compliance with accounting policies, SOX requirements, and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve close procedures, reconciliations, and recurring accounting processes.
• Support ERP implementation and optimization initiatives, including testing, requirements gathering, process design, and post-implementation support.
• Contribute to cross-functional accounting and finance transformation projects.
• Identify practical AI and automation opportunities that reduce manual work and improve data quality while maintaining appropriate controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting, financial reporting, audit, or public accounting experience.
• CPA or CPA-track preferred.
• Experience within a publicly traded company, multinational organization, Big 4, or public accounting environment preferred.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, month-end close, account reconciliations, financial statement analysis, SOX, and internal controls.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.