Senior Accountant - Huntersville, United States - American Tire

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Senior Accountant - Tirebuyer in Huntersville, NC at American Tire Distributors **Location:**

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**Position Description:**

has been selling tires and wheels online since 2009 and is one of the largest B2C tire e-commerce platforms in the U.S. is a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of ATD established to participate in the fast-growing e-commerce segment of the replacement tire industry. In 2021, we merged with to embark on a journey to create the most customer centric online tire retail business on the planet. With the merger, we have added a CEO with a proven track record of building and growing a highly successful tire e-commerce business in the UK to a business with strong brand recognition supported by the largest tire distributor in the country. We believe this combination will allow for rapid growth of the business as we activate a strategy to deliver unrivaled service along with the biggest selection of brand-name tires that can be delivered to a nationwide installer network, direct to your home, or using a mobile installer to bring the tires directly to your vehicle.

Position Purpose

The primary responsibility of the Senior Accountant - TireBuyer is to assist in the preparation of the companys monthly financial statements, including routine accounting entries, and ensuring proper reconciliation of general ledger accounts to assist in delivering timely and accurate financial data and statements to senior management as well as external and internal auditors. The Senior Accountant is responsible for the accounting of fixed assets, bank reconciliations, monthly journal entries, filing of state tire disposal taxes, and monthly reporting as required.**Primary Responsibilities**

Prepare and load monthly journal entries into finance system

Maintain reconciliations and amortization of certain prepaid expenses and related journal entries

Ensure proper reconciliation of general ledger accounts by creating monthly reconciliations including review/development of account support and proposed corrections and adjustments

Prepare monthly bank reconciliations

Assist in fixed asset accounting

Prepare and file state tire disposal tax forms ensuring accuracy and timeliness

+ Assist with research of accounting guidance as needed

Assist in delivering timely and accurate financial data/statements to senior management and external/internal auditors

Assist with the recording of judgmental reserves & estimates, account eliminations, and normal/routine accounting entries

Assist with annual year-end audit by external auditors

Help facilitate timely and accurate ad hoc reporting requirements including miscellaneous information requests from senior management and other functional departments

Assist in the development and continued performance of a proper internal control environment around the general ledger function

**Success Factors/Key Metrics**

Timely reporting of accurate financial data/statements and general ledger information

Minimal to no accounting surprises (i.e. audit adjustments)

Minimal to no significant deficiencies within control structure

**Key Partners (Positions)**

Accounting Manager - Tirebuyer

CFO Tirebuyer

Finance Manager - Tirebuyer

Tirebuyer Senior Management

**Experience(s) that Best Prepares You**

Education: 4 Year College Degree (Accounting, Business Administration, or related discipline)

Experience: 3-4 years of experience in accounting/financial reporting and preparation of financial statements

Certifications: CPA preferred

**Key Competencies**

Ability to learn and understand key business transactions and processes in all functional areas of the company

US GAAP accounting knowledge

Apply professional accounting standards, requirements, and procedures when dealing with financial transactions or statements, ensuring all required documentation and information is provided.

Keep up to date with most current professional accounting standards, requirements, and procedures.

Recognize the need for internal controls, such as duties conflict segregation, user access, and data integrity controls, and abide by the relevant organizational policies

Act in a manner to prevent error and fraud issues

Execute basic activities of working capital management, including receivables and payables.

Support cash management activities

Make basic treasury management decisions, as requested

Understanding of month-end closing processes

Use of and maintenance of the organization's chart of accounts

Gather information pertinent to the budgeting process and analyze validity of inputs

Identify discrepancies between actual and budgeted spending

Aware of the organization's financial goals in the short and long term

Demonstrate a basic understanding of metrics and how to find related data

Leverage basic tools to generate quality data

Good written and verbal communication skills

Good interpersonal skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Results oriented and self-motivated

Ability to multitask and deliver timely/accurate financial data

Strong supporter of teamwork

Strong computer skills, especially proficient with Microsoft Excel

**Physical Demands/Work Environment/Travel Requirements**

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, use keyboards or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: This position will be primarily remote. However, you may be required to come into an office location from time to time as required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to office conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Travel required: Minimal travel (5-15%) to assist with acquisitions, special projects and accounting/business process review & improvement

**This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations. Nothing in this job description creates a contract of employment in any way for any person. All employees hired by American Tire Distributors, Inc. are employees at will and the Company reserves the right to terminate employees at any time for any reason or no reason at all**.

**Build a challenging and rewarding career with us**

American Tire Distributors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace

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Job ID: R18089