Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. Our professional services focus on security and privacy audits, assessments, and certifications. Schellman has become one of the largest cybersecurity assessment firms in the United States without providing any traditional accounting services. We are an accredited multi-framework ISO Certification Body for security, privacy, business continuity, and quality; a globally licensed PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a top provider to clients serving the federal DoD space as a leading FedRAMP 3PAO and the first assessment firm authorized as a CMMC C3PAO. Our specialty and expertise remain in providing best in class Cybersecurity and IT Audits and Attestations. Our culture, approach with clients, and dedication to our values has led us to consistently be a Great Places to Work certified company and rated as a Best Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and a Glassdoor Best Places to Work. We deeply appreciate our employees, as shown by our first core value People Come First. This is demonstrated in our culture, benefits, and how we handle business. Come see what makes Schellman special!

This is a remote based role, but candidate is required to be located in the US Central Time Zone or Eastern Time Zone.

Job Summary

The Senior Accountant role is responsible for performing complex accounting needs, supporting the company's accounting processes, and month-end close procedures. This position provides leadership to accounting personnel and is responsible for the company's financial procedures, records, and statements for compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP). This position reports to the Manager of Accounting.

Essential Functions

• Support daily accounting operations
• Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting records, month-end reports, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance with US GAAP
• Prepare and process journal entries as part of the company's G / L package
• Analyze month over month variances and assist in analyzing performance variances
• Assist with other month-end close activities, e.g., preparation of account reconciliation
• Support as required the year-end financial audit activities
• Responsible for updating process flow documentation and updating policies and procedures supporting the month end close process
• Assist with other duties and special projects as requested
• Participate in the periodic evaluation, implementation and deployment of financial systems used by the Company
• Assist in continuous improvement processes, tools, and operating procedures

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Meets commitments and deadlines, ability to work remotely, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, and stays focused under pressure

Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills

Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development

Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, supports Company values, and conveys good news and bad. Can be proactive with seeking guidance as needed

Organized with extreme attention to deadlines

Shows commitment and dedication to shrink learning curve

Flexibility to work overtime during busy times

Ability to travel to Tampa Headquarters or other meeting locations occasionally

Education, Work Experience, and Certifications

Schellman is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace; therefore, providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. Schellman uses E-Verify in our hiring process.

At Schellman, we strive to provide a flexible and balanced environment and therefore offer the opportunity to work remotely, unless otherwise stated in the job requirements. Connecting, collaborating and continuous education are also highly valued and therefore we require some travel annually for our Internal Service Delivery roles, which can include in-person training, team meet-ups, and strategy meetings. Service Delivery team members will also be required to travel based on business and client needs.