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Senior Accounting Specialist

Denso

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$32.69-40.87 /h
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Southfield, MI
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Job Description

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Job Overview:

Job Summary:

Under moderate supervision, provides support for month-end closing requirements including fixed assets, intercompany, journal entries, financial reporting and closing requirements. Acts as a liaison between multiple departments to resolve issues or answer inquiries.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Performs senior accounting functions including monthly account reconciliations, monitoring monthly accruals and preparing journal entries in order to ensure proper reporting financials.
  • Maintains and analyzes fixed asset ledger in order to ensure purchases are classified properly and fall within budget.
  • Support monthly and quarterly KPI creation and monitoring.
  • Lead the annual fixed asset count accordingly.
  • Review and approve purchase requisitions for Fixed Asset.
  • Ensures internal controls are operating correctly with the goal of zero deficiencies through JSOX auditing.
  • Investigates and analyzes accounting and financial related data in order to reconcile and audit information.
  • Perform complex fixed asset reconciliation and assists in financial reporting activities in order to ensure proper recording of transactions.
  • Assists with process improvement activities including maintaining and implementing internal controls.
  • Acts as a liaison between internal departments and other DENSO locations in order to resolve outstanding issues.
  • Assist on internal and external audit.
  • Performs monthly financial reporting as needed.
  • Performs other duties as assigned. 

Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to discuss or transmit primarily factual information to internal and external customers in the normal course of performing duties 
  • Strong analytical skills to investigate, interpret and reconcile information from several distinct sources in situations where conclusions or resolutions are discernible
  • Customer service skills to display a service-oriented attitude in addressing and responding to customer issues
  • Intermediate understanding of accounting principles
  • Fixed Asset Software (e.g. Sage, Oracle, SAP, etc.)
  • Cross functional team member 
  • Process improvement mindset 
  • Intermediate system knowledge in Accounting
  • Ability to take ownership of financial statements
  • Advanced skills in Excel (e.g. Vlookups, sumifs, pivot table, etc.)

Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of relevant accounting experience 
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field 
  • Experience working in Automotive or Manufacturing industries preferred 
  • Experience working at a public accounting firm in an assurance or similar line of practice
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ERP/Accounting systems (Oracle experience is a plus)

Benefit summary:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug plans  
  • 401K with 4% Company Match 
  • Vacation/PTO and 13 paid Holidays 
  • Bonus Program
  • FSA/HSA and Dependent Care Programs 
  • Company provided Life, Disability, ADD and Business Travel Insurance 
  • Various No Cost Wellness & Chronic Condition Management Programs 
  • Various Optional Insurance programs such as legal, identity theft, critical illness, etc. 
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Career Development and Ongoing Training  
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Spotlight and Recognition Program 
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Onsite Fitness Center (vary by location) 
  • Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location)  
  • Onsite Health Clinic and Pharmacy (vary by location) 

Annual Salary: $68,000 - $85,000