Senior Accountant

Stagwell empowers talented, passionate, and creative leaders with vision to deliver breakthrough ideas on behalf of the world's most ambitious clients.

We believe that the differences among us fuel innovation and drive us to achieve extraordinary results. We take great pride in a work force with rich diversity of age, race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, ability and background. As a network, we seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline, invest in programs that help develop diverse talent for the future benefit of our industry, and strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work.

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Led by a group of agency and industry professionals, Stagwell Marketing Group was born and bred in a digital first era. Stagwell today is the largest independent data driven digital marketing services firm in the U.S., serving global brands across the continuum of marketing services. We are not weighed down by legacy assets and are united in their desire to innovate, evolve, grow and deliver superior results for their clients.

We are looking for an Senior Accountant to join our Accounting & Finance team. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for leading aspects of the accounting function within CORE Stagwell, the Corporate entity that provides Shared Services to Brands in the Stagwell network. Shared Services provides services to Brands for Accounting, Financial Operations (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll), Business Applications, IT and Real Estate. The ideal candidate will perform management reporting functions for CORE Stagwell while supporting various corporate and business initiatives. This person will report to the Stagwell Core Brand Accounting Manager and provide monthly financial results analysis to each head of Shared Services functions.

• Balance sheet account reconciliation. Prepare general ledger account analyses by reviewing transactions within the general ledger to ensure accuracy within the GL account.
• Maintain Revenue recognition processes in addition to revenue, WIP and deferred revenue schedules.
• Work with Staff Accountants to reconcile all bank accounts monthly
• Assist in aggregating and recording month end expense accruals
• Prepare month end journal entries
• Manage and reconcile all intercompany transactions
• Research and propose recommended solutions to open items on balance sheet reconciliations
• Support month end ancillary package and hyperion trial balance uploads.
• Serves as a back-up for various areas within the Shared Service Department
• Assist with internal and external audits as required.
• Assist with Ad hoc requests as assigned.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of internal controls

• Experience with large ERP and Accounting Software preferred (SAP, Oracle, INTACCT, Net Suite, Maconomy, etc)
• Basic knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Basic understanding of the technical aspects of account analyses and financial statements
• Must be able to reconcile accounts and be able to perform GL analysis
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• 3+ years of Accounting experience
• Basic Excel skills required (Sumif, Vlookup, Pivot Tables)
• Ability to set priorities, multi-task, meet critical deadlines and pay attention to detail. Highly organized and motivated self-starter with good interpersonal communication skills
• Highly organized and motivated self-starter with good interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills