Accountant III

Pay range: $39/hr. on W2

Job Description

• Transplant Diagnostics business we are seeking a knowledgeable and dynamic Accountant to join our team in West Hills, CA.
• At TDX your work, whether it's modeling business scenarios or tracking performance measurements, is used by our leaders to make strategic company decisions. While working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.
• The successful candidate will partner with the Accounting and FP&A management team and Accounting staff, operations organization and business management to support and drive special projects processes and improvements and leverage close and forecasting activities to ensure financial commitments are met. This role will be involved in financial processes standardizations, financial documents reconciliations (P&L variances and Balance Sheet monthly recs), and support during internal/external audit activities.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Performing monthly and quarterly accounting close activities as assigned.
2. Ensure proper accounting records and GL reconciliations around all diverse accounting and intercompany processes.
3. Preparing journal entries and ensuring the timely closing of corporate books, including review of close tasks, coordination and information gathering from business owners in order to prepare close analyses and entries.
4. Fixed Asset Management: Assisting business partners in creating CAR (Capital Appropriation Request) and routing for approval, creating Asset Shells, posting monthly depreciation runs, and creating FA reconciliation and roll-forward schedules.
5. Revenue recognition: Key spreadsheets FOB Analysis, posting deferred revenue aligned with revenue recognition policy.
6. Preparing account reconciliations and taking the appropriate actions to clear all reconciliation items.
7. Supporting management reporting package and performing financial statement analyses and documenting meaningful explanations for fluctuations for management and auditors.
8. Working closely with external and internal auditors to ensure approved accounting policies are carefully adhered to and supervised, and to support quarterly audit.
9. Be a key business partner to business operations leaders to meet financial goals.
10. Analyze metrics, trends, performance analysis, and bring insights to division leadership team.
11. Be proactive and strong in problem solving, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
12. Run ad hoc analyses to answer pressing questions.

You have a strong attention to detail with an ability to work well with others and a consistent track record to thrive and give to a fun, fast-paced, high impact and dynamic environment.

About the job

TDX accounting team handles core finance responsibilities. As a member of this team, you know your basic accounting and finance principles. You'll help prepare, analyze, and interpret financial data sets and develop insightful reports to help drive senior leadership decisions. Every day is a new challenge, and you're continually looking for ways to help our team get better at what we do, in the most efficient way possible. A standout colleague at heart, you collaborate with our distributed team, advocate standard methodologies, and roll up your sleeves to pitch in when it's all hands-on deck. You move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem-solving skills to support Transplant Diagnostics Division business objectives.

Skills That Will Help You Excel

1. Advanced knowledge of Excel.
2. Strong analytical or financial modeling skills.
3. Experience and/or ability to learn and use Cognos, HFM, SAP, or similar tools.
4. Comfortable with large, sophisticated data and communicating findings to senior management.
5. Knowledge of standard finance systems (e.g., Oracle, Hyperion, CMR, SAP).

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
2. 5 years of work experience in Finance or Accounting, with a solid understanding of financial reporting and analysis.
3. Strong knowledge of current US GAAP required (Revenue Recognition).
4. Strong SAP systems experience is required.
5. Strong analysis and analytical thinking skills.
6. Strong skill set in MS Office products including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
7. Individual must be professional and able to optimally communicate with all levels of the organization while consistently delivering accurate work products and managing multiple deadlines.

Exact Schedule: 8am - 5pm M-F
Fully Onsite