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At Bloomberg Finance we are committed to providing world-class support to our business partners by providing insight on business performance, financial oversight and thought leadership. The Corporate Accounting team is currently looking for a Senior Accountant. The team seeks a highly motivated, team-oriented and flexible accountant to work within an exciting, fast-paced and dynamic environment. The Senior Accountant will have supervisory responsibilities by overseeing of two staff accountants. 

We’ll trust you to:

• Partner with CFO Teams to provide value-added analysis on monthly drivers of Compensation

Expense


• Perform ad hoc analysis as requested by CFO Teams and Senior Management
• Prepare a forecast and analysis of certain Compensation Expense lines for each Budget and Outlook period
• Identify and implement areas for process improvements and new applications of technology
• Lead special projects and assignments partnering with SAP and IT teams to achieve process efficiencies
• Oversee day-to-day transactional accounting performed by staff accountants
• Review journal entries prepared by staff accountants with an understanding of the financial accounting and business purpose of the journal entries
• Review account reconciliations and analysis for both income statement and balance sheet line items (including salaries, withholding taxes, cash, etc.)
• Perform multiple month-end close responsibilities including preparation of reports and analysis for management
• Assist with year-end audit, as well as statutory and tax audits, as needed
• Update process flowcharts and policies/procedures as needed 
• Ensure that strong internal controls are in place, documented, and tested for all processes

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 8 plus years of experience
• Experience managing and developing a team
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including V-Lookups and pivot tables
• Proficiency in Microsoft Powerpoint
• Experience making presentations to senior management
• Experience advocating, initiating and implementing process improvements
• Strong communication (both verbal and written) and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and investigative skills needed to resolve issues
• Ability to build relationships within the Corporate Accounting team and cross functional teams (CFOs and Corporate business partners) as needed
• Strong time management skills

We’d love to see:

• CPA designation

Does this sound like you?

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are.

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