Job Description
As the Senior Accountant - Capabilities (part-time), you'll provide accounting support for our Legal and Human Resource teams. You will be responsible for accruals, reserves, and other unique accounting needs for Best Buy's Legal department and HR initiatives. You will work closely with partners on the Corporate Capabilities Controllership team and collaborate with Financial Planning & Analysis, Human Resources, Legal, External Reporting, and external auditors.
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process.
This role is part-time, which means you will work 24-32 hours per week. Your schedule will be set at the time of hire based on your preference and business needs.
What you'll do
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process.
This role is part-time, which means you will work 24-32 hours per week. Your schedule will be set at the time of hire based on your preference and business needs.
What you'll do
- Perform month-end close activities, including preparing journal entries and reporting, completing account reconciliations, and providing clear analysis and written variance commentary.
- Test and maintain key SOX controls and related IUC documentation for Process #50 (Legal).
- Identify automation and efficiency opportunities, with an emphasis on Microsoft 365 Copilot, and implement solutions to improve and streamline accounting processes.
- Research technical accounting topics as new benefit programs arise; document conclusions and recommend accounting treatment to meet internal and external reporting requirements.
- Provide input to budgeting and forecasting; help identify business risks and opportunities and understand drivers of financial trends.
- Partner with the extended Capabilities and Leases CAO teams on shared work and cross‑functional projects as business needs arise.
Basic qualifications
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1966 |
| Website | http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/ |
About Company
Energetic teams. Fun atmosphere. Exciting opportunities.
That’s what you’ll find at Best Buy. Care to join us?
You can feel the energy here. And we’re not talking about the hum of electronics (there’s that, too). We’re talking about people.
Best Buy employees are friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help you succeed. Sure, we’re a big company — the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer — but that doesn’t stop us from having fun while doing what we love: bringing technology into people’s lives in meaningful ways.
When you join our team, we consider you part of our Best Buy family. And what you do here every day will support our goal to make people’s lives better, easier and more enjoyable through the great products we sell.
So if you’d like using your talents to help improve people’s lives, bring it! We’d love to have your energy here.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounting Closeunmatched
- Accounting Policiesunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Compensation and Benefitsunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- External Auditunmatched
- Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
- Financial Trend Analysisunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Human Resourcesunmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Legal Reportsunmatched
- Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
- Process Developmentunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
- Technical Accountingunmatched
- Technical Researchunmatched
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