Senior Accountant
Position Description
At a Glance
Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Accountant to join the Lighting Sector Focal Point Accounting and finance Team in Chicago, IL. This person will work on month end journal entries, reconciliations, fixed assets, prepaids, intercompany, and other accounting support functions. This position reports to our Sr. Director of Finance.
What Will You Do?
Month-End Procedures:
- Prepare month end journal entries in accordance with IFRS standards.
- Performs monthly reconciliation of Balance Sheet account activity by the 10th business day.
- Performs other account analysis as directed by Controller.
Fixed Assets:
- Maintain and reconcile Fixed Assets listing and record monthly depreciation.
- Enter payables associated with capital expenditures.
- Perform maintenance on fixed assets quarterly for assets disposed of, or no longer used, and write-off accordingly.
- Conduct annual Fixed Assets physical inventory in accordance with company policy.
Internal Control:
- Support Controller with annual internal control self-assessments.
- Coordinate remediation of key findings with control owners and provide monthly progress updates.
- Document changes to key accounting processes .
Other:
- Daily release of custom order lines.
- Weekly – reconciliation and coding of freight vendor invoices.
- Weekly – reconciliation of inventory adjustments to approval forms.
- Perform backup functions to other team members and Controller as required.
Qualifications
Required Skills
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- 3-5 years’ experience in a similar position, using leading-edge business practices and organizational development techniques within a manufacturing / industrial operation.
- Proficiency in software applications (MS Office) (JD Edwards experience is a plus).
- Ability to communicate with other departments and management in both verbal and written form.
- Ability to manage, prioritize and balance multiple tasks.
Competencies:
- Self-motivated
- Team player
- Detail Oriented
- Resourceful and Flexible
- Customer focused with a strong sense of urgency
- Strong ethics
Salary Range:
- $85,000 - $100,000 starting base plus bonus
Summary of Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Disability, Parental Leave, 401K w/ company match
Company Info
About Legrand
Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en
About Legrand North and Central America
Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us
About Legrand’s Lighting Sector
Legrand’s Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; Pinnacle, Finelite, Focal Point, and OCL which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and Kenall which focuses on lighting for demanding environments. We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities. With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designer’s vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their client’s projects.
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