Staff Accountant

Company:  Petco
Location: Austin
Closing Date: 28/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!

If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets, people and our planet.

  • We love all pets like our own
  • We're the future of the pet industry
  • We're here to improve lives
  • We drive outstanding results together
  • We're welcome as we are

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. We're focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what's good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.

Participate in the month-end closing process. Monitor entries in the General Ledger (GL) to ensure appropriate allocation, determine if reclassifications are required, explain variances, and analyze various accounts to avoid year-end audit exposure. Develop and recommend new procedures, processes and policies for the accounting operations of assigned function. Serve as accounting business partner to assigned function on issues that are moderately complex. Analyze, research and reconcile selected accounts and cost discrepancies. Effectively communicate with field associates, corporate support staff and management to ensure issues relating to accounting are brought to the appropriate individuals for action. This function performs both statistical and financial analysis and is required to think and act independently when judgment is required.

This position must protect Petco's accounting data received from internal and external sources.

A qualified applicant must have and/or be able to demonstrate previous experience with and/or the ability to:

  • A 4-year college degree in Accounting and a minimum of 1 to 3 years of work experience at the level of junior or staff accountant preferred.
  • Communicate well in English and convey accounting concepts to non-accounting associates.
  • Good interpersonal communications skills and interaction with other department personnel as well as senior management.
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of most Microsoft Office Suite applications (e.g. Excel, Word, and Access) and 10-key by touch
  • Must be accurate, detail oriented, proficient with personal computer based programs, and trainable on company specific systems
  • Interact with peers and leaders of the business with poise and confidence.
  • Analyze business decisions critically and engage in constructive conversations regarding alternative points of view when needed.

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Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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