Senior Accountant

$71,400 - $92,820/Yr

WESCO - Glenview, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Glenview, IL

10,001+ employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for maintaining financial records, ensuring accurate financial transactions, and preparing complex financial reports. This role involves analyzing costs and revenues to predict future financial performance and may include guiding lower-level accountants. The position is remote but requires occasional onsite presence in the Greater Chicago Area based on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Prepares journal entries, analyzes accounts, prepares statements, and assists accounting manager with monthly closing and accounting reports.
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries for accounts, including general ledger and document business transactions.
• Maintains and coordinates implementation of accounting and control procedures.
• Resolves and corrects billing, inventory, costing, and other accounting discrepancies.
• Prepares documentation of processes and procedures and recommends improvements.
• Prepares general ledger account reconciliations.
• Researches and explains general ledger account variances to trend, budget, and prior year.
• Monitors and reviews accounting and related systems' reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepares and reviews budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.
• Analyzes revenue and expenditure trends and recommends appropriate budget levels, and ensures expenditure control.
• Explains accounting policies to staff.
• Recommends, develops, and maintains financial databases, software, and manual filing systems.
• Supervises input and handling of financial data and reports for company automated financial systems.
• Interacts with internal and external auditors in completing audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required
• 3 years required, 5 years preferred, of accounting experience
• Accounting theory, and application of principles and practices
• Principles and practices of financial record keeping and reporting
• Analysis and interpretation of complex financial and statistical data
• Assembly and preparation of data for reports
• Strong office and computer skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able to prepare, examine, and verify financial reports
• Able to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
• Able to research and analyze varieties of information

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits plan
• Participation in an incentive plan