General Accountant at SMA responsible for financial operations and compliance. Executing complex accounting tasks and supporting reporting for local management with operational excellence.
About the role
- Team Lead – General Ledger aiding month-end close and financial reporting for global financial records. Requires strong NetSuite expertise and GL management in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts across multiple entities, ensuring accuracy and GAAP compliance.
- Prepare and review journal entries including opex accruals, prepaids, amortizations, and reclasses.
- Own monthly balance sheet reconciliations and promptly clear outstanding reconciling items.
- Support improvements to GL structure, account mapping, and account-level controls within NetSuite.
- Lead month-end close activities for assigned expense areas, meeting internal deadlines reliably.
- Prepare, analyze, and explain flux analyses for opex categories.
- Partner with FP&A to align on spend trends, key cost drivers, and variance explanations.
- Support multi-currency accounting, intercompany transactions, and consolidation requirements.
- Support preparation of internal financial statements, monthly reporting packages, and supporting schedules.
- Provide complete, accurate audit documentation and respond to auditor requests.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, documented policies, and SOX-related requirements (if applicable).
- Actively participate in process improvement initiatives to increase accuracy, efficiency, and automation.
- Assist with refining NetSuite workflows, saved searches, reports, and close checklists.
- Improve process documentation, SOPs, and internal control procedures for assigned areas.
- Works directly with the Accounting Manager on all GL, close, and reporting activities.
- Acts as a senior operational partner and second-in-command, taking ownership of assigned close areas.
- Supports the Accounting Manager by handling detailed GL work, enabling higher-level review, analysis, and cross-functional initiatives.
- Collaborates closely to solve accounting issues, improve processes, and ensure audit readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- CPA or CA/Inter CA preferred.
- 8+ years of GL-focused accounting experience with strong month-end close responsibilities.
- NetSuite experience required (2+ years minimum).
- Experience in SaaS, multi-entity, or multi-currency environments strongly preferred.
- Solid understanding of GAAP, accrual accounting, expense recognition, and internal controls.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis).
- Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational abilities.
- Ability to work independently, manage deadlines, and resolve issues proactively.
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