Senior Accountant Job at Spectrum Brands, Earth City, MO

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  • Spectrum Brands
  • Earth City, MO

Job Description

Hybrid role based in Earth City, MO HQ

Job Title
Senior Accountant
Job #
US19579
Requisition Type
Regular
Function
Finance
State/Province
Missouri
City
Earth City
Region
Posting Start Date
Apr-29-2025

Division Information

Spectrum Brands’ global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Job Summary

Reporting to the North America Accounting Manager, the North America Senior Accountant will perform a variety of tasks including accounting, analysis and month end close for all commercial and operating expense accounts of the North America (“NA”) Global Pet Care (“GPC”) and Global Home Care (“GHC”) business units, to include, maintaining an adequate system of accounting records and a comprehensive set of controls designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the Company’s financial results, and ensure that reported results are timely and comply with U.S. GAAP, local and regional requirements, legal mandates, and internal policies and controls.  Specific areas of focus will include distribution center inventory controls, standard cost of raw materials and purchased finished goods, operating expense accounts including selling, advertising, R&D and G&A, and financial reporting internal controls.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

  • Timely and accurate preparation and posting of journal entries for North America commercial and operating expense accounts
  • Accurate and timely reconciliation of general ledger accounts
  • Monthly and quarterly review of Global Pet Care and Home and Garden distribution center inventory controls to ensure controls are designed and operating effectively, properly documented, and approved in accordance with established deadlines
  • Responsible for the annual standard cost roll for of Global Pet Care and Home and Garden raw materials and purchased finished goods, including development of action plan and timeline, project management, review of revised standards with senior management, and the timely and accurate completion of the cost roll in SAP
  • Manage the creation of standard costs for new Global Pet Care and Home and Garden raw materials and purchased finished goods in SAP
  • Ensure internal controls over Global Pet Care and Home and Garden commercial and operating expense accounts are operating effectively to maintain SOX, legal and regulatory compliance
  • Drive standardization and implement process improvements over distribution center inventory controls
  • Mentor and provide guidance to the NA Accountant II
  • Assist with the of Global Pet Care EMEA S4 migration as needed

Education and Experience Profile

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
  • Minimum of 4 years accounting experience

Required Skills

  • Broad knowledge of US GAAP
  • Experience with SAP is a plus
  • Works well independently and can work cooperatively with team members
  • Strong initiative to identify issues and develop solutions
  • Ability to coordinate multiple tasks to meet deadlines
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Excel
  • Excellent organizational, problem-solving skills and the ability to drive timely resolution of issues
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Detail oriented with a high degree of accuracy and analytical skills
  • Consistently exhibits ethical, professional behavior at all times
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule to satisfy company deadlines for month-end close

Work Environment

Working conditions are normal for an office environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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Job Tags

Local area, Flexible hours,

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