Sr Acct, General Accounting Finance YESS

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Company: YMCA.com

Location: Chicago, IL 60629

Description:

Senior Accountant, General Accounting Finance YESS

GENERAL FUNCTIONS

Must deliver accurate and timely financial information from the point of transaction through to financial close and periodic external reporting (monthly, quarterly, and annually.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
  • Minimum Bachelor's Degree in finance or accounting, preferred Statistics or economics or local country equivalent, considered
  • Minimum 3 years of general accounting experience
  • Demonstrated capability to understand accounting outcomes and explain accounting treatment
  • ERP systems experience
  • Process excellence experience
  • Commitment to the YMCA character development values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility is required


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Process journal entries (create, validate)
  • Set up recurring, accrual and reversing journal entries
  • Facilitate and perform period close activities
  • Develop and maintain balancing and control standards
  • Perform variance analyses and reconciliations
  • Monitor and correct complex data and information errors, and identify and resolve exceptions
  • Coach/ support fellow team members to handle complex issues/ exceptions
  • Support development of clearly defined, achievable team and individual goals.
  • Capture and review scorecard KPI and measurement outcomes on a daily/weekly/period basis
  • Evaluate exceptions to process, quality, and service delivery commitments by category
  • Participate in the prioritization of targeted exceptions
  • Perform root cause analysis for more complex exceptions
  • Identify risks or opportunities to revenues, cost, and profitability and propose appropriate actions
  • Investigate outstanding reconciliations and associated variances
  • Performs other duties as assigned


This position offers a base salary of $74,700.00 up to $99,600.00Final salary is determined by required qualifications, experience, and education for this role.

We offer a full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, defined benefit plan (retirement savings), defined contribution plan (403(b) plan, life and disability insurances, technology stipend, and generous paid time off, all in a work from anywhere in the U.S. workplace (if role is eligible).

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