What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at Instinet?
The Accountant position provides financial accounting, reporting, and analytical support for Business and Corporate functions which include Marketing, Legal, Corporate Finance/Tax, Human Resources, and Technology groups.
The Accountant will work directly with the VP of Americas Accounting and Reporting and will be responsible for preparing journal entries, detailed reports and account reconciliations
Role Responsibilities:
- General Ledger Accounting including reconciliations, journal entries and other month-end close responsibilities
- Analyze operational expenses for US companies and record prepaid/accruals adjustments as necessary (includes interacting with functional business heads to gain an understanding of expenses)
- Perform account and variance analysis including detailed P&L review
- Present expense performance vs. budget and vs. prior periods in monthly review meetings with CFO, Controller, and senior staff of the accounting team
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations; highlight and promptly address reconciling items
- Review and approve account codings from invoices processed by Accounts Payable. Provide instructions to Accounts Payable to correct miscoded invoices
- Participate in the budget and forecasting process by providing insights for targets and prior performance
- Assist with the external/internal audit process and SOX compliance
- Ad hoc projects as assigned
Key Objectives Critical to Success in this Role:
- Bachelors in Accounting
- 2-5 years Accounting/Audit experience
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivots, vlookup etc.)
- Experience with enterprise general ledger systems
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to multi-task, manage priorities, and work well independently
- Deadline oriented, time management, and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills-proven experience interfacing with a broad and diverse organization
- Essbase/Smartview and Oracle Cloud experience a plus
- CPA a plus
Instinet is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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