[Hiring] Principal Accountant @VSP Vision Care

Role Description

Leads and coordinates financial processes; providing direction, oversight, and review of financial transactions. Performs professional accounting work, including the preparation of financial statements, insurance department, and other regulatory filings. Analyzes and recommends solutions on complex accounting issues.

• Demonstrates an expert understanding of complex financial information and makes recommendations to accomplish objectives and improve company performance.
• Leads the timely and accurate posting, balancing, reconciliation, and review of financial transactions.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual comprehensive financial reporting packages, including analysis of budget to actual, prior year compared to current year, and key performance indicators.
• Provides analysis of balance sheets and cash flows for all lines of business.
• Interacts with Sr. Management on financial matters, provides recommendations/solutions, and carries out resolutions through to completion.
• Ensures financial reporting is in accordance with professional standards, providing useful and relevant financial data that enables management to make strategic business decisions.
• Evaluates accounting processes and identifies solutions to ensure internal controls are adequate to mitigate financial statement risk & compliance.
• Committed to continuous improvement and embraces leading technical accounting change through innovation.
• Analyzes, conducts testing, and identifies technical issues in accounting systems; meets with impacted departments in a lead role to resolve the issues.
• Assumes a lead role with independent auditors and insurance department auditors to fulfill requests and ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements.
• Provides technical guidance and training opportunities to junior staff.
• Responsible for overseeing, reviewing, and ensuring the quality of work produced by junior staff.
• Develops financial reports and metrics to present to management and makes recommendations based on results to ensure strategic initiatives are accomplished.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Six years of accounting-related experience, including 3 years working in a senior and/or training capacity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in spreadsheet applications and accounting systems.
• Strong organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask and work under strict deadlines.
• Strong business aptitude, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of financial and operational planning processes and best practices.
• Strong work ethic and flexible work style.
• Ability to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of job duties.
• Proven ability to navigate complex situations through organizational landscape and with multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrates ability to be a decision-maker showing balanced consideration of business issues.
• Clean credit history as reported by credit report.

Requirements

• #LI-VISIONCARE

Benefits

• Compensation range for the role is listed below.
• Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets.
• Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
• As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions.
• Salary Ranges: $84,000.00 - $141,750.00

Company Description

VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

• We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
• Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws.
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• VSP Vision collects many different types of personal information, including protected health information, about our audiences.