Senior Accountant, Accounting

Comcast Comcast · Media · Philadelphia, PA

Senior Accountant responsible for preparing calculations and payments, maintaining work papers for prepaid and accrual accounts, and entering monthly journal entries. Assists with internal and external audits. Requires in-depth experience and skills in their discipline, often determining their own work priorities and acting as a resource for colleagues.

What you'd actually do

  1. Researches contracts and regulations to determine proper calculations of payments to regulatory authorities.
  2. Ensures that balance sheets are accurately stated and reconciled to the general ledger. Researches variances, determines root causes and makes recommendations for adjustments.
  3. Enters monthly journal entries to properly record accounting transactions, ensuring that journal entries have proper backup to substantiate the entry.
  4. Reviews financial statements for operating trends and results, researching variances to forecast and budget prior month and prior year.
  5. Prepares financial reports, analyzing data for management review.

Skills

Required

  • Financial Statements
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Working Papers

What the JD emphasized

  • independent judgment and discretion