Our Mission: Care. Comfort. Plan.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our Home Office in Houston, TX. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys owning the details while contributing strategically to process improvements, acquisitions, financial reporting, and business growth. You'll work alongside talented finance leaders in a collaborative environment where your expertise and insights can directly impact a national organization.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare, review, analyze and reconcile assigned general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, compliance with GAAP and conformance with company procedures and reporting standards
- Develop, implement, modify, and document monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting tasks and the associated accounting systems, by making use of current computer technology
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to ensure costs are being reported in the correct accounting period
- Analyze monthly account fluctuations and budget-to-actual variances
- Review journal entries and reconciliations prepared by the offshore accounting team
- Prepare and review journal entries for posting by Senior Accountant, Manager or Controller
- Handle non-routine reporting transactions as requested
- Calculate and record various expense allocations
- Assist with special projects, critical assignments and reports as assigned
- Respond to requests from upper management and the field
- Assist the other accounting team members by providing support and guidance in resolving issues
- Meet month end close deadlines
- Assist with the interim and year end audit
- Assist in the accounting integration related to acquisitions
- Establish and maintain communication with other departments and field locations
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent
- Understanding of application of US GAAP
- 5+ years of accounting experience
- Certified Public Accounting Designation – CPA, preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent
- Understanding of US GAAP application
- 5+ years of accounting experience
- Certified Public Accountant designation
What We Do
Passion. Professionalism. Personal growth. What we do is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to change lives and unleash your talent. Since 2004, NorthStar Memorial Group has grown, evolved and led the funeral and cemetery profession with a fresh perspective and without ever losing sight of what we do best: celebrating life and passionately supporting the families we serve. What began as a single property in Decatur, Illinois has now expanded to include more than 85 funeral, cremation and cemetery locations serving thousands of families across the United States. Here, we understand the power of legacies, and we’ve made it our life’s work to honor them. At NorthStar Memorial Group, we choose collaboration over bureaucracy. Here, everyone has a chance to lead. We encourage & empower our people at every level to speak up, be heard, and watch their ideas become realities. Degreed & non-degreed professionals, labor workers, industry experts – people from all career and experiential backgrounds have the opportunity to find a home here. Sound too good to be true? Apply today to see why our employees have voted NSMG one of the best companies to work for 8 years in a row and one of Selling Power's 2021 Top 50 Companies To Sell For! For more information about career opportunities with NorthStar, visit www.nsmg.com/careers/ or Join our Talent Network @ https://nsmg.jobs.net/en-US/ As a member of our Talent Network, you'll: - Receive alerts with new job opportunities that match your interests - Receive relevant communications and updates from our organization - Share job opportunities with family and friends through Social Media or email Whether you choose to apply or just leave your information, we look forward to staying connected with you
