Senior Accountant for RH NA

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As a Senior Accountant specializing in Accounting Operations, you will be responsible for specific operational areas of Accounting, including collecting and analyzing financial data, maintaining general ledger accounts, and performing operational accounting activities. You will work closely with internal parties, including Digital Squad Leaders, to support process automation and simplification.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Collect and Analyze Financial Data: Collect necessary information from various internal parties, analyze financial data to perform operational accounting activities, and prepare worksheets/reports for assigned areas in accordance with IBM Accounting Principles and Common Desk Procedure.

• Maintain General Ledger Accounts: Maintain general ledger accounts or segments of accounting records, reconcile ledger and other system account balances, and perform necessary ledger adjustments on variance or aged items.

• Implement Process Change: Implement process change according to the latest IBM Accounting Principles and Instructions, and work with senior Accounting Analysts to update Common Desk Procedure.

• Support Audits and Compliance: Provide necessary data and information to both internal and external auditors upon request, and support Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) testing.

• Collaborate with Accounting Systems Team: Interlock with the Accounting Systems team to provide user requirements and perform user testing for change requests.

• Exposure to Financial Data Analysis: Experience working with financial data analysis, including collecting and analyzing financial data to perform operational accounting activities.

• General Ledger Account Maintenance: Exposure to maintaining general ledger accounts or segments of accounting records, including reconciling ledger and other system account balances.

• Process Change Implementation: Experience working with process change implementation according to accounting principles and instructions.

• Audit and Compliance Support: Exposure to providing data and information to auditors and supporting compliance testing, such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) testing.

• Accounting Systems Collaboration: Experience working with accounting systems teams to provide user requirements and perform user testing for change requests.

• Fundamental Knowledge of Tax Rules: Exposure to basic tax rules and their application in accounting operations.

• Understanding of SOX Requirements: Basic understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requirements and implications in accounting practices.

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: Exposure to fundamental knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and their relevance to accounting operations.