Control and Reporting Associate Accountant

Position: Cntrl & Rpt Assoc Accountant

Location: Legacy Dr Plano, TX 75024

Duration: 9 months

Working Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm

Job Responsibilities:

• Review and prepare/process period journal entries in accordance with month end close – example: IT cross charges, prepaid amortizations, accruals etc. Ensure all spending (capital and expense) and support complies with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and policies.

• Manage labor accrual process for vendors and ensure proper accounting and upload periodic entries.

• Provide accounting guidance to Project and Finance Managers. Review expense spend through project life cycle and contracts to make accounting recommendations as appropriate.

• Query and perform financial statement analysis for period close.

• Validate and prepare projects for release during Annual Operating Plan process and Out of Plan.

• Perform project-related SOX controls for Capital Spend and Prepaid Expenses.

• IT Project accounting maintenance – researching/reclassing misclassified data.

• Adhoc project requests

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related business degree.

• 2+ years of relevant accounting/financial experience.

• Intermediate MS Excel.

• Strong accounting knowledge/ability to understand and reconcile financial data.

• Ability to exercise sound independent judgment and make decisions autonomously.

• Effectively communicates and provides insights to cross functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP FICO and Project Systems.

• SOP 98-1 Knowledge: Capitalization/ Amortization of Software and Cloud Computing Arrangements.

• Knowledge of businesses and processes.

• Experience in SAP ledger and Business Warehouse (BW) Reporting for data analytics is a plus.

• CPA preferred/CPA candidate.