Senior Reporting Analyst

Acuity Brands, Inc; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial technology company in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Reporting Analyst to join its Corporate Controllership team. This role involves managing financial accounting records and improving internal controls while collaborating with various teams. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree, CPA certification, and relevant professional experience in reporting or public accounting.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in accounting or reporting.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting records.
• Experience with internal controls and auditing.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation of financial reporting processes including SEC filings.
• Perform complex accounting for corporate functions.
• Research technical accounting issues for business initiatives.

Skills

US GAAP

SOX

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

CPA certification or planned certification required

Job description

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We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come… for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications.

The Senior Reporting Analyst will be a key member of the Corporate Controllership team. The Senior Reporting Analyst will be responsible for complete and accurate financial accounting records for our financial reporting, technical accounting research, and certain accounting functions. This includes the preparation of quarterly and annual reporting items, monthly close processes, and reconciliations of accounts as well as maintaining proper internal controls. Additionally, this function will drive overall internal control improvements throughout the organization.

This role reports to the Director of SEC Reporting and is based in Atlanta, GA in our Midtown office in a hybrid work environment.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Support preparation of key external and internal financial reporting processes, including SEC filings and significant management reports.
• Perform complex accounting for certain corporate functions, including compensation arrangements.
• Partner with the management SOX function to develop SOX documentation and implement global policies and maintain internal controls.
• Communicate and liaise with the internal and external auditors to ensure audits are completed in a timely manner.
• Research technical accounting issues and provide guidance on a variety of complex issues to support business initatives including interpreting accounting guidance and recommending reporting treatments.

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent
• 2-3 years of overall experience
• CPA certification or planned certification required
• 2+ years of professional experience in reporting or public accounting
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of US GAAP, SOX, and other accounting topics
• Ability to communicate clearly across multiple channels of communication (verbal, email, PowerPoint presentations).
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams (e.g. Legal, Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations) throughout the business
• Ability to identify and take ownership of work product
  

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking or standing is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Travel Requirements

• Domestic and/or International 0-25%

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at [phone]. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Acuity Brands from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to an Acuity Inc. mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Acuity Brands employees, or to Acuity Inc. resume database will be considered Acuity Inc. property. Acuity Inc. will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Acuity Inc. will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor, but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.

The range for this position is$80,400.00 to$144,700.00. Placement within this range may vary, depending on the applicant’s experience and geographic location. For a list of our benefits, click here

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