Senior Corporate Accountant

Parts Authority, founded in 1972, is a leading national distributor of automotive replacement parts, tools/equipment and transmissions. Headquartered in Long Island, New York, Parts Authority is rapidly expanding, and today has more than 200 locations servicing customers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.

Parts Authority has grown through both organic initiatives and acquisitions. Over the past several years Parts Authority has acquired over a dozen companies as part of its expansion strategy. Parts Authority’s catalog of over 3 million parts covering more than 125 million applications, ensures our customer partners receive the parts they want, when they want them.

What makes Parts Authority different is OUR TEAM. Parts Authority has a team of professionally trained, experienced counter people to assist in finding the right parts and the right brand for each application.

Parts Authority carries the best brands in the business for domestic and import vehicles. AC Delco, Motorcraft, Denso, Bosch, KYB, Monroe, Gates, Dorman and Exide are just a few of the more than 400 suppliers from around the world, that Parts Authority partners with to bring our customer partners the best parts.

Each and every team member plays a vital role in our success. We are rapidly expanding and looking for a professional, self-motivated individual to fill the role of Senior Corporate Accountant.

The Senior Corporate Accountant will have a background in both public and private accounting and possesses the ability to hit the ground running in all areas related to Month-end close, Financial statement preparation and analytics.

• →Prepare month-end closing journal entries and analyses for assigned accounts
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  Review general ledger account activity and prepare month-end closing journal entries and analyses for assigned accounts.

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  Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.

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  Research and correct account discrepancies.

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  Work effectively with other teams, such as Accounts Payable, Payroll, FP&A, and Operations in order to prepare closing entries and to anticipate changes to processes.

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  Help lead the implementation of best practices to simplify, standardize and scale our accounting processes.

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  Analyze complex financial reports and records.

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  Perform variance analyses including identifying trends and researching material variances.

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  Assist in the interim and annual audits by providing supporting schedules, working with other departments within the company to gather data and answers accounting questions by researching and interpreting data.

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  Prepare financial statement footnotes for bank reporting.

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  Assist in documentation of accounting process and internal controls.

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  Coordinate more complex accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments.

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  Other responsibilities will include participation in system implementations, special projects, ad hoc analyses.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Minimum 5 years experience; preferably mix of Public and Private
• CPA or CPA eligible
• In-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort handling extremely large data volume
• Advanced experience in building schedules, processes, reconciliations and flux analysis.
• Proven ability to succeed in a fast paced and constantly changing environment while managing to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently.
• Attention to detail with the ability to see the big picture.
• Be a team player and willing to jump in to assist colleagues when needed
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Excel skills required
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of AS/400 and Sage a plus