Job Information
Raymond James Financial, Inc. Senior Manager, Accounting in St. Petersburg, Florida
Description
Job Summary
Job Summary
Under limited direction uses extensive knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience to prepare financial statements, budgets and other financial analysis reports for complex business units and to analyze and reconcile all general ledger accounts. Resolves and recommends solutions to complex problems. Regular contact with senior management and other internal customers is required to identify, research, and resolve accounting issues and problems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Remains up to date with current accounting pronouncements that impact the business.
Analyze consolidated financial statements to ensure transactions comply with U.S. GAAP
Responsible for the internal financial management reporting and disclosure reports distributed to leadership on a monthly basis.
Review journal entries and complex general ledger account reconciliations, including researching U.S. GAAP issues and resolving accounting discrepancies.
Prepare and distribute financial information and data within required deadlines and ensure that the information supplied is concise, relevant, and understandable to assist leadership with business and program decisions.
Serve as the key contact with the external auditors for quarterly review and year-end audits, including discussing and answering technical questions around the parent company accounting process and its impact on the U.S. GAAP reporting.
May complete and certify the annual disclosure checklist prior to October 15 and the quarterly checklist at mid – year, as provided by RJF.
Directs training of associates, evaluates, supervises, and develops associates, including hiring and disciplinary action.
Works closely with management to achieve organizational objectives.
Collaborates and communicates effectively with other functional areas, including other business unit and IT areas, to resolve complex issues and support achievement of business goals
Directs and coordinates all accounting/banking efforts.
Ensures that adequate internal controls and procedures are followed.
Proposes changes to ensure organization achieves financial goals.
Identifies costs and develops methodology for accurate allocation across the organization.
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of
Company’s working structure, policies, mission, and strategies.
Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures.
General ledger systems and financial statements.
Skill in
Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases.
Reviewing, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements, budgets, and management reports.
Resolving unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies.
Researching US GAAP issues
Allocating costs and evaluating the impact on financial statements.
Analyzing financial information.
Performing mathematical calculations.
Ability to
Organize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
Provide training to others.
Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicates effectively to all levels of management.
Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances.
Work independently, make non-routine decisions and resolve complex accounting problems.
Lead meetings and contribute to team efforts by ensuring all relevant information is included in the outcomes.
Educational/Previous Experience Requirements
Education/Previous Experience
Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Accounting related field and eight (8) years of professional experience in accounting with three (3) years’ experience in a management role.
OR
Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.
Licenses/Certifications
Licenses/Certifications
SIE required provided that an exemption or grandfathering cannot be applied.
Series 99, or ability to obtain within 120 days (as required by FINRA), may be required depending on assigned functional area.
CPA Preferred
Travel
Travel Required
Travel Required: Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job: Accounting & Finance
Primary Location: US-FL-St. Petersburg-Saint Petersburg
Organization RJF Corporate
Schedule Full-time
Job Shift Day Job
Travel Yes, 5 % of the Time
Req ID: 2401841