Sysco · 20 hours ago

Accounting Manager

Houston, TX

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Responsible for leading the review of monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to lower risk and ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance in accordance to US GAAP

Manages the health of balance sheet accounts by owning and resolving reconciling items through root cause analysis and in coordination with cross functional teams

Responsible for the oversight of medium to high risk journal entries as prepared by the Global Staff Accountant and reviewed by SBS Accounting Analysts

Ensures adherence to department goals/metrics, Internal Audit reports, and SLAs.

Good understanding of end to end business processes and work with subledger groups (Payroll, AP, AR, Credit, Collections, Agreements, etc.)

Translates technical accounting guidance into operational accounting processes

Primary point of contact for the Sysco entities and their leadership teams on the balance sheet accounts assigned

Overall responsibility for month-end task list, including BPC reporting packages for financial consolidation, on assigned accounts and entities to ensure all period close activities are completed on time and accurately

Regularly leads key stakeholder meetings to discuss open risks and develop action plans to resolve

Develops, performs, and monitors analytics on key accounts to drive resolution, create efficiencies in reviews, provide entity wide visibility, and reduce overall risk.

Responsible for ensuring compliance to the Financial & Accounting Methods Manual (FAMM) and suggesting additions and/or updates where necessary

Lead and complete internal and external audit requests

Mentor new Accounting Analysts at SBS and Staff Accountants at SBS Global team members on Sysco Accounting processes and culture

Lead process improvements and works with upstream process owners to streamline the end-to-end processes

Provide value added insights and trends of financial data mitigate risks and help provide variance analysis to the field

Support the Accounting Services Director on overall team management where necessary

Complete special projects as necessary

Responsible for providing final validation on financial and supplemental schedules

Responsible for managing and resolving escalation issues relating to RTR work processes

Act as a champion in assigned area and advise internal customers/stakeholders with accounting procedure as needed

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U.S. GAAPAccounting process improvementFinancial analysisERP SystemsSupervisory experienceMicrosoft Office