Senior Accountant
El Super

Our Organization:

Chedraui USA, based in Los Angeles, California, Chedraui USA is a leading grocery retailer with 375 stores across California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas. With more than 225 years of combined service to our communities, our store banners include El Super, Fiesta Mart and Smart & Final. Our company employs more than 24,000 associates, and we support our stores through seven distribution centers. Chedraui USA is a subsidiary of Grupo Commercial Chedraui based in Mexico.

We are seeking a Senior Accountant (Reporting, Analytics, Technical Accounting) to work in our growing and stable organization. This role will be a key component in our core corporate accounting team and report to the Manager, Financial Reporting. The Senior Accountant will have the opportunity to work in a high-performance team with individuals who have both public and private accounting experience from large companies.

The Senior Accountant will handle a variety of Reporting, Analytics and Technical Accounting responsibilities and will be responsible for providing organizational leaders with accurate and timely financial data for decision-making. This is a perfect opportunity for a candidate who defines themselves as a self-starter and who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic accounting environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Other duties may be assigned or required

• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidation reporting.
• Assist in the preparation of the U.S. GAAP Financial Statements including Footnotes.
• Understand and analyze the movement of account balances in order to document material fluctuations from period to period during the month-end/quarter closing process.
• Participate in Big4 annual external financial audit. Prepare audit workpapers and work directly with auditors to answer questions regarding schedules provided.
• Assist in the documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
• Perform technical accounting research and draft memos for accounting management for both U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
• Support in communications and reporting with the publicly traded parent company.
• Ad hoc reporting and other projects as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is required
• Active Certified Public Accountant license or achievement towards CPA license is a plus.
• 2 -3 years of public accounting experience, external audit required.
• 1-2 years of private industry experience preferred.
• Thorough understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Understanding of IFRS is a plus.
• Strong analytical, flexible skills, and an ability to manage well in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to plan and monitor activities according to priorities and multi-task
• Ability to be proactive, self-motivated with a high customer service orientation for both internal/external relationships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• High level of proficiency using Microsoft Excel (V-look ups, pivot tables, macros, etc.).
• Bilingual in Spanish (read, write, and speak) is a plus.

Pay Range: $95,000-$110,000

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