Senior Accountant Consolidations & Reporting

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton's, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram's V.O., Myers's, Goldschlger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We're proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the "Best Places to Work in Kentucky" four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of "world's most award-winning distillery" through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description / Responsibilities

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The Consolidation & Reporting Sr. Accountant has primary responsibility for performing the monthly, quarterly and year-end closing consolidation and preparing financial reports. This role must review and interpret internal and external financial reporting requirements, rules and regulations. Responsibilities include consolidation and M&A accounting as well as coordinating OneStream enhancements. Also works with foreign entities' on timely financial reporting.

This position is hybrid with 3 days per week onsite in Louisville, KY or Carrollton, TX.

Responsibilities

• Engage in PDS reviews to improve skills and performance utilizing PDS as tool to conduct optimal performance discussions, articulate consistent skill evaluations, recommend actions and tactics, and measure progress. Promote and support Company culture within the finance organization.
• Seeks out training and opportunity in the department to grow within Sazerac based on their career development plan. Knows the career goals and plans for the team and works to develop and retain key successors in the organization.
• Responsible for adopting sound accounting policies and for establishing and maintaining internal control that will, among other things, initiate, record, process, and report transactions (as well as events and conditions) consistent with management's assertions embodied in the financial statements.
• A key contact that will work closely with external auditors to complete annual financial audits for the group and subsidiaries. This will include anticipating and preparing for issues and new requirements, managing requests, investigating issues, and composing position memos in support of the Company's accounting.
• Play a lead role in analyzing and planning to improve financial performance year-over-year. Find trends and opportunities in performance that can be leveraged for material growth opportunities and / or cost reductions. Work closely with cross-functional leaders to highlight opportunities, track progress and to flag performance challenges in order to deliver on the Company's annual plan.
• Responsible for ensuring the monthly financial consolidation in OneStream is done timely and accurately. Responsible for maintaining a reporting catalog and ensuring that all reports are prepared in accordance with the agreed upon calendar. Support the Controller and Assistant Controller in establishing and monitoring the close timeline necessary to meet the reporting deadlines. Ensure internal reports are prepared in accordance with agreed upon principles, and the external financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP. Ensure preparation of all reports required by banks in accordance with debt agreements.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to all levels of organization and leadership for decision-making purposes. Lead role in planning and managing the annual audit. Support the Controller and Assistance Controller in managing the monthly close process.
• SuperUser of OneStream. Responsible for continuously improving OneStream to provide better reporting, more accurate consolidation and a more useful structure to meet management needs. Responsible for receiving requests for information and translating into OneStream reporting, or determining that information is better obtained from PowerBI or COGNOS.
• Utilize PPT as a task / project management tool where and when appropriate. Use PPT to accelerate progress on projects, identify / keep in contact with team members and make sure all projects are up to date.
• Ensure financial systems, reports and analysis provide informative / actionable information needed to support and promote growth. Contribute to growth in earnings / returns via cost savings, etc. Drive growth in sales and related gross profit via financial analysis. Identify and communicate specific opportunities to improve specific price and cost improvement opportunities.

Qualifications / Requirements

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