Accountant

Accountant Position

Reporting to the North America Accounting Manager, this individual performs professional accounting activities requiring knowledge of the theory and practice of recording, classifying, examining and analyzing the data and records of financial transactions for TaylorMade Canada legal entity. This individual is responsible for performing key accounting and financial reporting activities to support ensuring the completeness and accuracy of accounting transactions including, but not limited to, fixed assets, cash and accounts receivable. In this position, the accountant will operate out of Carlsbad, California, but will have the opportunity to work with others globally at various levels and serve as a subject matter expert for the Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) for TaylorMade Canada.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for balance sheet account reconciliations for Canada legal entity including, but not limited to, cash, fixed assets, other assets and accrual accounts.
• Prepare and upload journal entries for areas including cash, accounts receivable, fixed assets and various accruals.
• Responsible for closing numerous Oracle modules monthly, including Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, and General Ledger periods; facilitating the root cause and troubleshooting of failed transactions to ensure timely closure of all modules.
• Responsible for all elements of the fixed asset process including new Capital Expenditure Requests, Fixed Asset creation / disposition, depreciation of assets, roll forwards and reconciliations.
• Provide oversight by reviewing and posting journal entries from other departments ensuring proper approvals have occurred.
• Upload and validate Canada results into Oracle FCCS and related problem-solving to be included in global consolidation.
• Provide ad hoc, Oracle FCCS, PBCS, Oracle EBS, Business Objects reporting of global and regional trial balances and financial information, as requested by Finance Leadership and Management.
• Serve as liaison to verify the accuracy of globally submitted financial data prior to consolidation and appropriately address global accounting and related reporting inquiries.
• Maintain the Global Chart of Accounts process including creation of new accounts, business units, cost centers, product lines and brands. Lead accounting go-to for all inquiries related, facilitate co-operation from and between regions, while monitoring and reporting on progress.
• Research, document, provide explanations and presentation of key trial balance fluctuation analysis monthly for TaylorMade Canada entities for Finance Leadership.
• Work with the Accounting Manager, other teams and their leaders to problem-solve accounting and systems related areas for better and accurate reporting and provide guidance on accounting-related topics.
• Prepare regional trial balance fluctuation analysis reports used by the regions to explain significant variances.
• Assisting with reconciliation of intercompany account balances to ensure accurate consolidation of financial statements.
• Review of regional balance sheet account reconciliations (including Cash, assets and various accruals)
• Collaborate with IT to identify and implement RPA (robotic automation processes) to streamline and improve processes using available technologies.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows), reports and disclosures using Oracle FCCS and other tools.
• Create audit schedules and assist in collecting and consolidating external auditor requested schedules from other departments, as required.
• Work with Accounting Manager to provide support for audits including financial reporting and sample requests.
• Implement identified process and procedural improvements within the accounting team. This includes but is not limited to process documentation, identifying efficiencies in reporting, as well as procedural improvements in cross-functional and cross-regional teams.
• Partner with Treasury and AP departments to approve and release weekly, monthly, and quarterly payments to customers / vendors.
• Perform accurate and timely forecast of regional balance sheet and cash flows that are submitted to FP&A monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Perform other ad-hoc duties, as requested.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements

Education, Work Experience, and Professional Certifications

TaylorMade is a performance driven organization and our total rewards approach to compensation is designed to support this. We consider many factors in determining base compensation, including position scope, job related knowledge, education, skills, experience, and work location. The expected annual base pay range for this position is $77,000 - $82,000. Additional benefits, such as health & wellness, performance bonuses, product discounts, holidays, paid time off, etc. may also be offered in accordance with our plans.

TaylorMade Golf Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation.