Senior Accounting Analyst

Role Overview

• Prepare complex accounting entries and exercise judgement in the application of Sysco policies for financial reporting
• Review and approve monthly and quarterly account reconciliations as prepared by the SBS Accounting Analyst and Global Staff Accountant to lower risk and ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
• Review and approve medium to high-risk journal entries as prepared by the SBS Accounting Analyst and Global Staff Accountant
• Act as the escalation point of contact for the Sysco entities on the balance sheet accounts assigned
• Overall responsibility for month-end task list, including BPC reporting packages for financial consolidation, on assigned accounts and entities to ensure all period close activities are completed on time and accurately
• Prepare and reconcile key deliverables for various stakeholders
• Provide documentation for assigned controls
• Regularly attend key stakeholder meetings to discuss open risks and develop action plans to resolve
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
• Develops and performs analytics on key accounts to drive resolution, create efficiencies in reviews, provide entity wide visibility, and reduce overall risk.
• Responsible for understanding and applying the Financial & Accounting Methods Manual (FAMM) and suggesting additions and/or updates where necessary
• Support internal and external audit requests
• Review and provide feedback to the SBS Accounting Analyst and SBS Global team regarding Reconciliations, Journal Entries and other assigned tasks
• Review and approve SOPs prepared by SBS Accounting Analyst and Global Staff Accountants; ensure the accuracy of current SOPs and assist SBS Accounting Analyst and Global Staff Accountants to revise if needed
• Mentor new SBS Accounting Analysts and Staff Accountants at SBS Global team on Sysco Accounting processes and culture
• Suggest process improvements and works with upstream process owners to streamline the end-to-end processes
• Support the Accounting Manager on overall team management where necessary
• Complete special projects as necessary
• Ensures adherence to department goals/metrics, Internal Audit reports, and SLAs
• Complete SBS Accounting Analyst responsibilities (as necessary and appropriate)

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5 years Accounting or related experience
• Demonstrates the ability to analyze and reconcile reports
• Demonstrates skills in problem solving, team building, total quality management
• Ability to find & resolve discrepancies
• Able to collaborate and work cross-functionally to solve problems
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, specialized accounting / finance software ERP Systems (i.e., Workday, Visual Produce, etc.) and data wrangling software (i.e., Alteryx)

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

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