Commercial Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Revenue Accountant will be primarily responsible for supporting the Senior Manager – Revenue Accounting to ensure accuracy of revenue accounting, including preparation of general ledger account reconciliations and compliance with internal controls over financial reporting Candidate will have excellent analytical and communication skills; a self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team. This position will report to the Senior Manager – Revenue Accounting,

Candidate will be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and with a team. Candidate will have excellent analytical and communication skills and the ability to multi-task and handle tight deadlines.

• Assist in the review and analysis of customer contracts, including maintaining the customer accounting database.
• Maintain, track and analyze various customer contractual accounting requirements.
• Manage timely month end close activities surrounding revenue, including manual accruals, revenue cut-off and deferred revenue.
• Prepare Monthly General Ledger account reconciliations for the following revenue related general ledger accounts:

o Accounts Receivable (manual accounts)

o Tier Price Receivable / Payable

o Sales Rebates

o Signing Bonus

o Deferred Revenue

o Royalties

o Other sales balance sheet accounts

• Provide support for the external audit on an as needed basis.
• Assist in the communication and settlement of various customer settlements working with the commercial team and sales service representatives as needed.
• Prepare annual budget and monthly forecast projections of key customer contractual accounting requirements.
• Provide royalty accounting support on an as needed basis.
• Perform special project assignments on an as needed basis.
• Maintain the Company’s global revenue recognition policies
• Ensure proper internal control compliance for the revenue cycle.
• Complete special projects on an as needed basis

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance required.
• A minimum of 3-5 years accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Highly proficient in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook)
• SAP Business Intelligence and Hyperion/HFM are a plus.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and data-manipulation skills.
• Effective communication skills – both interpersonal and written.
• Thoughtful – able to identify many variables and learn to understand their relationships, how the variables work together and anticipate/model future
• Analytical – able to identify and quantify variables, drill down, isolate, understand and effectively explain deviations to expected performance taking into account performance of all variables in aggregate
• Creative – ability to think differently about a problem, articulate thought and influence the group to take a different approach
• Team player, ability to work with various members of the organization
• Ability to maintain a consistently high level of attention to detail

Additional Information

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Graham Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed,age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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