Senior Accountant - R2R

Title:

Senior Accountant - R2R

Job Type:

Full Time (On site, this position is not remote)

Salary:

$80K - $100K

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT

SCOPE:

Christensen, Inc., is a mid-market fuel, propane, and lubricants distributor with operations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and has a mixed portfolio of 10,000+ accounts. The company’s recent growth and future growth plans have created the need for an experienced Senior Accountant for Record to Report.

The Senior Accountant - Record to Report will be responsible for developing and managing responsibilities including but not limited to company-wide fixed asset accounting, reconciliations, shareholder accounting, lease accounting, technical accounting, balance sheet ownership, G/L Accounting, Chart of Account Ownership, Payroll Accounting, and all other controllership operations. Responsibilities will include strategic identification and tactical implementation of projects to decrease back-office cost while increasing quality and volume capacity through automation, documentation, transformation, alignment/realignment, and other identified opportunities.

SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES & DELIVERABLES

- Identify opportunities for improvement and automation throughout the transaction cycle and follow through with documentation, transformation, and implementation with projects once prioritization process completed.

- Manage the assigned tasks withing the accounting close cycle, own and be able to explain any variances in all assigned balance sheet accounts and implement improvements to decrease time to report and increase quality of results.

- Work collaboratively with supervisor and finance team to provide timely, accurate results combined with insightful analytics.

- Work collaboratively with supervisor and team to review and improve the company’s balance sheet review and ownership processes.

- Prepare and submit periodic reporting to leadership on status of projects owned.

- Monitor assigned areas and actively support new initiatives.

LEADERSHIP & TEAM REACH

- Understand and live our Core Values

- Create and promote a positive and supportive work environment.

- Encourage and communicate with fellow team members.

- Always thinking of new ways to improve work processes and efficiencies.

- Build a collaborative and respectful arrangement/tension with the Division Leadership teams such that there is an appropriate balance of customer service and education when accounting must maintain accounting rules, policies, and procedures.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

- Successful completion of 4 years of college with a bachelor’s degree in accounting required.

- CPA license or Advanced degree in Accounting and CPA eligible highly preferred.

- Solid understanding of GAAP and past experience making correct decisions about complex transactions.

- Two to three years of experience in accounting research and automating accounting processes through a phased approach beginning with automation tools building the case for investment in “foundational systems”.

- Three to five years of experience in process and control documentation and transformation/improvement.

- Be able to demonstrate and speak to hands-on experience with these competencies.

- Ability to analyze problems and opportunities by performing initial documentation and research; presenting viable options to leadership for decision; and then implementing and delivering promised results with little to no direction.

COMPANY OFFERED BENEFITS

- As Christensen continues to fuel exponential growth, we pursue to offer a diverse portfolio of benefits coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs. A few elements of our benefit programs include:

- Health Insurance Benefits:

- Medical, Dental, Vision, plus Ancillary Plans.

- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Savings Accounts.

- Company provided long term disability and up to $50,000 of life insurance.

- 401(k) plan with a generous company contribution.

- Paid time off in addition to 7 company paid holidays.

- Parental Leave Program.

- Employee Assistance Program.

- Employee Recognition Program.

- Employee Referral Bonus Program.