Senior Accountant

At CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies, we're driven by a unifying purpose to help people to experience life's beautiful moments.

We are connected through our shared values - dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing.

As a leading global manufacturer of contact lenses, we are committed to helping improve the way people see each day.

Through our diverse lens portfolio, we tackle the toughest vision challenges - including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia.

We offer the most complete collection of spherical, toric, and multifocal products available, enabling us to fit 99% of all contact wearers.

Learn more at www.coopervision.com .

Scope:

The Senior Accountant supports the accuracy and completeness of the CooperVision financial statements and routine deliverables by working collaboratively with other team members, management, and internal professionals.

Job Summary:

The primary responsibilities for this position entail supporting the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial information of CooperVision and its subsidiaries' business results by performing tasks including but not limited to, preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations, data upload for consolidated reporting, investigation of variance analyses, execution of controls, and other tasks as assigned.

This role will also require cross-functional finance collaboration and the ability to partner with external professionals.

Candidates must be detail oriented, highly organized, and collaborative.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:


* Perform, review, and/or approve monthly financial close elements which include journal entries, account reconciliations, recording of intercompany transactions, investigation of variance analyses, and data upload for consolidated reporting.


* Use independent judgment as to whether account balances are reasonable and examine accounting documents to ascertain that transactions are properly supported.

Initiate corrective action or recommend solutions as appropriate.

Prepare routine and non-routine reports for leadership, sales, and various other departments.


* Drives timely and accurate financial reporting throughout the organization.


* Work to ensure compliance with US GAAP and internal policies and procedures.


* Contribute to the success of broader initiatives by supporting ad-hoc reporting and presentations, as directed.


* Compile, review, verify and analyze large volumes of data and demonstrate knowledge and consideration of relevant financial statement assertions.


* Be an active business partner and collaborate with colleagues' cross-functionally and with external professionals on various work streams and projects to support business processes and strategies.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:


* Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting is required


* 5+ years in an accounting/finance role


* Experience with ERP systems


* An o...