What you'll need to succeed as a Senior Accountant at XPO
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work or military experience
- 2 years of accounting or financial reporting experience
- Solid math aptitude
Preferred qualifications:
- Masters Degree Accounting, Finance or Business
- CPA certification
- 3 or more years of accounting or financial reporting experience, preferably with a Big Four accounting firm
- 1 year of experience working in a medium to large, multinational company, preferably with Oracle and Hyperion Financial Management tools (HFM, Hyperion Essbase or other financial reporting/consolidation software)
- Solid ability to understand and research large amounts of data from multiple sources
About the Senior Accountant job
Pay, benefits and more:
- Competitive compensation package
- Full health insurance benefits are available on day one
- Life and disability insurance
- Earn up to 15 days of PTO over your first year
- 10 paid company holidays
- 401(k) option with company match
- Education assistance
- Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan
What you'll do on a typical day:
Assist with consolidation of legal entities
- Be responsible for accounting areas of coverage with a focal point around risk, medical, benefits, auto liability, workers comp, and more.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of timely accounting information, analysis and reporting following with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and company policies and procedures
- Accurately and efficiently maintain the general ledger accounts; analyze, understand and interpret trends and variances and explain fluctuations
- Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting closes for areas of functional responsibility
- Support external audit, internal audit and SOX compliance
- Complete and oversee monthly reconciliations of corporate-managed self-insurance reserves, and reconciliation and intercompany accounts
- Complete and oversee monthly shared service allocations
- Support the preparation and distribution of monthly accounting management reports and statistical analysis data for areas of responsibility
- Complete respective SOX controls and related testing procedures
- Ad hoc analysis and process improvement projects
About XPO
XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you're looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.
All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.
The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification.
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