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Robert Half Finance Specialist Senior in Portland, Oregon
Description
Patricia Carlile with Robert Half is partnering with a thriving company in the Local Government industry on the search for a permanent Senior Accountant to join their team in the PORTLAND, Oregon area. As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for producing financial statement preparation and consolidation, account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This position offers a great long-term growth potential, including a strong compensation and benefits package for the candidate. We are looking for a candidate that possess excellent analytical skills and enjoys working in a challenging and fast-paced environment to support the successful growth of the firm. This Senior Accountant role is based in Portland, Oregon with a company in the Local Government field.
Major responsibilities
Formulate Balance Sheet account reconciliations
Engage in various department-wide initiatives
Analyze financial information and report on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks)
Complete monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables that includes journal entries, reconciliations, and reports in the compensation area in compliance with GAAP
Manage Ad-hoc projects as necessary
Uphold company standards when working with business partners to ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies, procedures and controls; while also providing support on special requests when required
Allocate and prepare monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis reports for management
Contribute to coordinating quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors
Commitment to continuously improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process
Please contact Patricia Carlile with Robert Half to review this position. Job Order: 03600-0012944657
Requirements
We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant.
Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills:
• A Bachelor's degree with major coursework in accounting, finance or a directly related field
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in financial accounting or auditing.
• CPA Candidate Requirement: (150 Semester (225 quarter) Hours, including a Bachelor Degree from a regionally accredited college or university that includes: 24 semester (36 quarter) hours in upper-division accounting specific courses; and 24 semester (36 quarter) hours in accounting or related course (lower-division accounting, business, economics, finance, and written and/or oral communications
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