Senior Accountant

Northstar Memorial Group
  • Houston, TX
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    Job Description

    Our Mission: Care. Comfort. Plan.

    We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our Home Office in Houston, TX. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys owning the details while contributing strategically to process improvements, acquisitions, financial reporting, and business growth. You'll work alongside talented finance leaders in a collaborative environment where your expertise and insights can directly impact a national organization.

    Responsibilities:

    • Prepare, review, analyze and reconcile assigned general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, compliance with GAAP and conformance with company procedures and reporting standards
    • Develop, implement, modify, and document monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting tasks and the associated accounting systems, by making use of current computer technology
    • Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to ensure costs are being reported in the correct accounting period
    • Analyze monthly account fluctuations and budget-to-actual variances
    • Review journal entries and reconciliations prepared by the offshore accounting team
    • Prepare and review journal entries for posting by Senior Accountant, Manager or Controller
    • Handle non-routine reporting transactions as requested
    • Calculate and record various expense allocations
    • Assist with special projects, critical assignments and reports as assigned
    • Respond to requests from upper management and the field
    • Assist the other accounting team members by providing support and guidance in resolving issues
    • Meet month end close deadlines
    • Assist with the interim and year end audit
    • Assist in the accounting integration related to acquisitions
    • Establish and maintain communication with other departments and field locations

    Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent
    • Understanding of application of US GAAP
    • 5+ years of accounting experience
    • Certified Public Accounting Designation – CPA, preferred

    We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, TX

    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Accounting Certificationsunmatched
    • Accounting Closeunmatched
    • Accounting Softwareunmatched
    • Acquisition Integrationunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Analysisunmatched
    • Business Growthunmatched
    • Business Operationsunmatched
    • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
    • Expense Allocationunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Controlunmatched
    • Financial Reportingunmatched
    • Financial Trend Analysisunmatched
    • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
    • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
    • Journal Entriesunmatched
    • Offshoringunmatched
    • Operational Auditunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Public Accountingunmatched
    • Reconciliationunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Trend Analysisunmatched

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