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Do you love sports, fitness, fashion or the outdoors? SCHEELS can turn your passion into a rewarding career through our extensive business and product training.

SCHEELS is a leader in the sporting goods industry - driven to create the best experience in the USA for our customers. SCHEELS boasts the largest selection of sports brands in America—offering world-class brands, special attractions, and unmatched customer service.

SCHEELS empowers our associates to become experts in exceeding the needs and expectations of our customers. SCHEELS associates talk-the-talk, and walk-the-walk, with the best product and expert training in the sporting goods industry. Mentorship and professional development training are a focus throughout your entire career.

Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the preparation and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial records, including general ledger entries, account reconciliations, and financial schedules
• Oversees documented system of accounting policies and procedures, including records archive management
• Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, budgets, and actual expenditures
• Develop and enforce consistent accounting policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems across all stores and offices, adhering to GAAP accounting standards
• Conduct regular internal audits to assess the effectiveness of internal controls
• Works with the external auditors for the annual financial audit to assist in preparing the annual, audited financial statements in accordance with GAAP accounting standards
• Provides information to auditors and tax accounting partners for tax planning and payment purposes
• Leads the tax team that complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, filing financial reports, and advising leadership
• Protects operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential
• Interviews and hires new associates; plans and evaluates the performance of the team; establishes performance requirements and goals; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and ongoing development

Requirements: 

Customer Service

• Genuinely and consistently treat co-workers, customers, and business partners like they are the most important person including eye contact, a smile, and a genuine “Thank you”

Culture

• Approach daily tasks, projects, and follow-up communication with energy and a sense of urgency
• Cultivate a deep desire to become a knowledge expert in their role with the ability to apply their knowledge and experience with great impact. 
• Show respect and appreciation for others and Scheels
• Arrive to work and meetings 10 minutes early

Team Mentality

• Genuine interest and action in helping others before yourself, regardless of recognition or reward

Teach-ability

• Consistent eagerness to listen, learn, apply knowledge, and accept critical feedback
• Ability to adapt to a changing work environment
• Ability to apply concepts of basic math, grammar, punctuation, and spelling

Dress Code

• Meets Scheels dress and grooming expectations in support of a professional, clean, and welcoming environment for customers, co-workers, and business partners

Efficiency

• Demonstrate pride and ownership of their work while meeting expected deadlines

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business
• Minimum of ten or more years of accounting or finance experience
• Working knowledge of national and local tax regulations, multiple state tax laws, and compliance reporting
• Experience in developing, monitoring, and streamlining accounting processes
• MBA, CMA, or CPA preferred

Physical Requirements/Lifting Requirements:

Must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation

Sedentary work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Roles are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Scheels cares about the health and safety of our Associates.  Leaders are expected to enforce all safety policies and procedures.  Encourage associates to report any safety concerns, near misses or incidents.