DENSO

Job Summary:

The Senior Accounting Specialist is responsible for executing daily accounting activities, ensuring compliance with accounting principles, company accounting policies, and regulatory requirements. This role plays a key part in period-end closing processes including cash application, accounts receivable, and intercompany accounting activities. The Senior Accounting Specialist also works closely with cross-functional business partners, acting as a liaison in resolving issues and answering inquiries, to maintain accurate financial reporting and strong internal controls.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Timely and accurate completion of general accounting and intercompany accounting duties, including but not limited to:
  • Preparing and submitting manual journal entries, including monitoring monthly accruals
  • Ensuring cash is properly applied in the Company’s financial systems, following established policies and processes
  • Monthly account reconciliations
  • Intercompany confirmations
  • Receivables and payables
  • Inventory batch shippers
  • Cash tracking log and associated documentation
  • Billings
• Lead period-end closing process and activities for assigned areas of the GL and intercompany.
• Proficient in working within the Company’s Order-to-Cash financial systems, including Oracle, JDE, and DENSO developed tools
• Acts as a liaison with other DENSO functions/teams/locations to resolve outstanding issues, inquiries, and ensure strong internal controls.
• performs other ad-hoc duties, as assigned.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and with external customers in the normal course of performing duties
• Strong analytical skills to investigate, interpret and reconcile information from several distinct sources in situations where conclusions or resolutions are discernible
• Customer service skills to display a service-oriented attitude in addressing and responding to questions or issues
• Process improvement, continuous learning, and team player, mindset
• Solid understanding of US GAAP / IFRS
• Familiarity with internal controls and best accounting processes/practices
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a timely manner

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of relevant accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Experience working in Automotive or Manufacturing industries preferred
• Experience working at a public accounting firm in an assurance or similar line of practice
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ERP/Accounting systems (Oracle experience is a plus)

Benefit summary:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug plans
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K with 4% company match
• Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Onsite Fitness Center (vary by location)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Development and Ongoing Training
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location)
• Volunteer opportunities
• Employee recognition (employee and milestone events)

Annual Salary: $68,000 - $85,000