Entry Level Consolidation Accountant

The Entry Level Consolidations Accountant will be an integral part of the Corporate Accounting team. The key areas of focus will be supporting the monthly close process, reviewing worldwide results and working with sites to make corrections, resolving accounting issues, and preparing global internal financial statements and financial data to support the consolidated external financials.  This position also supports cross-functional finance teams across the organization through maintaining reliable financial reporting which requires an understanding of finance and accounting concepts as well as an aptitude for working with financial systems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the monthly submission process into Hyperion from 85-90 operating sites globally.
• Analyze monthly results as they are submitted and identify accounting issues for resolution and correction.
• Discuss unusual trends with regional controllers and site controllers.
• Interface with the tax department, business unit finance teams, and the external reporting team.
• Ensure that accounting and consolidation issues identified in the close are properly resolved.
• Assist in the consolidation of financial statements to generate both internal and external results.
• Help prepare business unit financials and segment results for external reporting purposes.
• Understand internal reporting requirements for business unit financials.
• Be the point of contact for the maintenance of the consolidation system and develop global procedures necessary to support external and internal reporting.
• Work cross-functionally with the FP&A team to understand their objectives and implement changes into the financial reporting system to help achieve finance organization goals.
• Support internal reporting by working with Data Warehouse teams and FP&A staff.
• Maintain the accuracy of the Data Warehouse used by the finance organization for revenue and prime cost of goods sold for internal reporting.
• Reconcile the Data Warehouse to the external reporting system on a monthly basis.
• Analyze high level data and individual transactions to ensure the cost associated with revenue generating transactions are correct.
• Remedy issues with the data by utilizing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Perform other duties of similar complexity as directed.
• This position is a part of PerkinElmer’s Corporate Accounting group, so additional duties could include, but are not limited to, compliance reporting of various types, restating past results for reorganizations, assisting in the integration of new acquisitions, coordinating accounting between sites, and assisting auditors.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or the equivalent combination of training and experience
• 2 years of accounting or finance experience

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Ability to allocate time and resources efficiently while focusing on ever-shifting priorities, and continually seeking ways to improve individual/team efficiency
• Self-starter with the ability to take ownership of projects and performing job requirements with minimal oversight and attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; Hyperion, SAP, and Business Objects experience is a plus