Senior Accountant  Contract

VTRAC Consulting Corporation
Intelligent Solutions

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Position#:                      23046

Position:                        Senior Accountant

Position Type:               Contract (3 months)
No. of Positions:           1
Location                       ATLANTA

Description

Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports. The Senior Accountant – Asset Reporting performs accounting and finance tasks associated with the delivery of standardized global assets under management reporting; supports revenue forecasting and analysis; serves as liaison for FP&A and offshore teams for Revenue and Asset reporting.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Global Shared Service Center, produces and oversees assets and product flow reporting including
• Preparation of Daily Flows / Large Flow / monthly sales reporting
• Monthly submissions – compilation of local business unit assets for corporate reporting
• Product tracker – actual vs budget
• Maintains proper Sarbanes-Oxley documentation on areas of responsibility in scope for SOX audits and ensures compliance with documented controls.
• Provides ongoing Business Unit Support to local FP&A teams.
• Oversees preparation or prepares journal entries in accordance with GAAP principles.
• Performs account analyses and variance analyses. Performs analysis of revenue results and trends, identifying and illustrating key drivers to changes in revenue across various business units.
• Must be able to identify variance, determine cause of variance, and document findings.
• Supports work transitions to offshore shared service center, including documentation of accounting and AUM reporting processes, training resources, and providing post transition support
• Reviews monthly GBS metrics compiled for Record-to-Report and FP&A activities; reviews analysis of trends and works with Manager and End to End Lead to recommend remediation plans for areas that are not meeting established service level agreements
• Supports coordination of related projects including but not limited to strategic initiatives/software implementations. This responsibility includes providing requirements, creating test scripts, performing system testing, identifying & logging bugs etc.
• Coordinates with Tax group to report revenues by state. Responsible for providing various levels of reporting to the Tax group.
• Provides assistance to clients (primarily Invesco employees) on matters related to areas of responsibility.
• Reads investment management agreements and enters the fee calculation parameters into the billing and accrual system as well as performs manual fee calculations.
• Determines revenue allocation when multiple legal entities are involved in accordance with Invesco’s transfer pricing policy.
• Collaborates with offshore team in the recognition of revenue and invoice preparation.
• Assists Manager in leading special projects, allocating work load among staff, and mentoring/training junior staff; assists junior staff with completion of critical assignments as necessary.
• Supports revenue forecasting and analysis including assisting local business units with revenue forecast inputs
• Serves as a liaison between the Global Shared Service Center, Regional Shared Service Center, and FP&A.
• Performs special analysis and tasks as required
• Documents and maintains and improves documentation of existing processes and procedures

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of accounting or financial reporting experience is required with a high preference for experience in the financial services industry.
• A solid understanding of accounting and financial principles under US GAAP and the ability to apply these principles to corporate accounting is required.
• Experience working in a shared service center supporting global operations is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of SOX requirements is required.
• Experience with Oracle Financials a plus
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting is preferred.
• Designation as a Certified Public Accountant is preferred.

We thank all candidates in advance. Only selected candidates for interviews will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities, please visit us at www.vtrac.com. VTRAC is an equal-opportunity employer.

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Tagged as: SOX, US GAAP