Staff Accountant

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Staff Accountant-Carmel, IN (Hybrid)

The Staff Accountant serves as a business partner to Business Unit Controllers, Finance and Non-Finance Partners (including but not limited to HR, Corporate Consolidations, AR, AP, Procurement, and Tax) as well as International Finance Affiliates.

This role is responsible for maintaining 50+ intercompany statements as well as multiple general ledgers. In addition, the role has responsibility for ensuring reporting entities' general ledger yield accurate and meaningful information to aid in management decisions and are in compliance with GAAP and applicable company policy (FICAP)

A successful Staff Accountant at Allegion has a mindset focused on accuracy, efficiency, and compliance, can consistently apply policies and procedures, and enjoys learning and collaborating with others. A successful candidate must also be able to multi-task on a variety of high priority objectives while adhering to deadlines.

What You Will Do:

• Serve as a well-respected business partner

• Manage monthly closing activities to include maintenance of general ledger, preparation of journal entries, analysis, and reporting for multiple Americas business units

• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and resolve any reconciling items

• Ensure that all duties are handled in an accurate and timely manner

• Drive productivity initiatives, process improvement, and standardization across business units

• Assist with special projects as necessary

• Prepare and maintain intercompany statements; responsible for Intercompany Inter-Company & Intra-Company accounting and reconciliation between assigned business units and other Allegion entities

• Research and resolve intercompany statements and reconciling variances

• Drive productivity initiatives, process improvement, and standardization across business units

Role Specific Tasks

• Manage monthly closing activities to include: Monthly journal entries, Balance Sheet reconciliations; Preparation and maintenance of intercompany statements; Intercompany & Intra-Company accounting and reconciliation responsibility between assigned business units and other Allegion entities; Manage general ledger(s) and subledger(s); and Research and resolve intercompany statements and reconciling variances.

• Provide support to the Senior Accountant and Accounting Manager

• Work in multiple business and ERP systems; help to troubleshoot issues related as well as participate in ERP implementations as needed

• Develop advanced data analysis tools to manipulate large volume of data, including regular usage of Microsoft’s Power BI platform

Compliance Related Tasks

• Provide support documents for internal and external audits related to assigned business units

• Maintain a robust and effective internal control environment to ensure accounting procedures are compliant with GAAP and FICAP

• Participate in Sarbanes Oxley testing reporting, with emphasis on prevention, elimination, and timely close-out of control deficiencies

• Interpret, implement and/or maintain divisional and corporate financial policies, practices and procedures, including provision of effective controls and audit capabilities 

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or other related field required

• 1-3 years relevant accounting experience including general ledger, preferably in a manufacturing setting

• Maintain high level of attention to detail, prioritization, and multi-task in faced-paced environment

• Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both oral and written

• Project leadership experience preferred

• Business partnership experience preferred

• Audit experience preferred

• Proficient with utilizing technology such as Windows, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI), HFM and Oracle preferred

• Understanding of financial reporting, accounting and auditing principles and practices

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team collaborative setting

• Highly motivated and self-driven with continuous process improvement goal

• Maintain high level of attention to detail, prioritization, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment

We Celebrate Who We Are! 

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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