Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting - Asplundh Tree Expert Co

Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting

Job Type: Exempt

Pay: Salary 

Benefits:

• Benefits Available and vary per position and location.

Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!

Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Over the years, diversification has opened vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.

A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Execute month-end financial reporting processes, including the financial consolidation and intercompany elimination processes (FCCS)
• Draft monthly, quarterly and annual external financial reports (i.e. financial statements and accompanying footnotes, as applicable) for ATE LLC and ATE Holding Company, as well as subsidiary entities (standalone financial reports)
• Enhance, facilitate and reconcile intercompany activities throughout the Asplundh family of companies and related financial statement consolidations
• Draft financial reports/schedules as needed for FP&A’s Board/Partner reporting packages
• Fulfill financial reporting requests from the field (e.g. financial information needed for contract bids and pre-qualification applications)
• Compile ad hoc financial reporting requests from sponsors, partners, FP&A and other key stakeholders.
• Identify, communicate and realize financial close efficiencies to drive the organization to a faster and more streamlined, accurate financial close process.
• Handle other responsibilities, as needed, such as project/system implementation support.

Requirements:

• BS in Accounting.
• CPA (Preferred, but not required).
• Minimum of 2 years in accounting (or similar) experience with increasing responsibilities directly involved in the financial reporting process. Additional years of experience beyond this minimum is valued in this role.
• Large, public company/SEC financial reporting experience preferred
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Teachable attitude / willingness to learn.
• Ability to contribute creatively to a vision of “what could be”, not just focused on “what is/has been”
• Ability to execute tasks within a project plan on time and at a high-level of quality.
• Experience using modern consolidation tools (e.g. FCCS), financial planning tools (e.g. ePBCS) and ERP’s (e.g. SAP or Oracle) is preferred
• Good social skills in dealing with internal personnel, auditors, stakeholders, etc.

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Physical Requirements:

• Rarely: walking, kneeling, squatting, crawling, seeing distant, climbing on/off truck, climbing, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting up to 10 lbs., lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally: standing, stooping, body twisting, gripping, reaching, range of motion, climbing stairs.
• Frequently: sitting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, reading, hearing-speech range.
• Constantly: seeing.

About Us:

As a full-service utility contractor, Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. Asplundh is the parent company of Asplundh Infrastructure Group whose subsidiaries provide overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading and AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services. Asplundh also operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management, overhead electric distribution, and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.  Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.