Business Systems Accountant

Business Accounting Integration Team

Full-Time

Springfield, MA or Boston, MA

The Opportunity

As Business Systems Accountant on the Business Accounting Integration Team, you will have the exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with key areas of the CFO organization to help drive, test, analyze, and execute on General Ledger integration and transformation projects being implemented that have financial impacts. This role will work closely with business leaders across the Company and within the CFO Controllers Organization to analyze upcoming projects/initiatives within the Company. This position will leverage the Controllers regulatory requirements to assess the accounting impacts for projects in relation to our General Ledger. The individual will work closely with project teams and review business product documents and translate financial aspects into accounting specifications. You will play a key role in understanding the request/project, analyzing the accounting implications and integration considerations to the general ledger and all related testing with guidance from other members of the BAI team.

• Work with other members of the team to perform tailored testing of accounting integration feeds for projects to ensure operating effectiveness.
• Use business acumen, communication, leadership skills to develop and document business requirements and data relationships of varying duration, size, and complexity.
• Input into the Identification of key dependencies, system impacts, and activities required to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Partners with program managers and product owners to execute the delivery roadmap for their stakeholders.
• Collaborate with team members to map out existing and future-state data flows to assist with design and implementation decisions.
• Assess processes and routine tasks for improvement opportunities, to allow for increased efficiencies for future projects.
• Capable of applying knowledge received on each project to future project to handle all but the most complex problems independently.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related major
• 4+ years of experience in accounting and/or audit (Preferably in public accounting)
• 2+ years knowledge and experience of U.S. GAAP

• CPA or other professional designation
• Master's degree preferred
• Knowledge and experience with STAT
• Highly organized and detail oriented
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Proficient working in MS Excel and SAP
• Background in transformational projects
• Experience in assessing financial/accounting impacts of major changes to the General Ledger
• Experience in documenting processes and developing new policies and procedures.
• Strong skill in using logical approaches to resolve issues.
• Ability to visualize the "larger picture" versus working in silos.
• Able to build and maintain strong working relationships across cross-functional groups.

• Regular meetings with the Business Accounting Integration Team
• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager.
• Access to mentorship opportunities
• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran, and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits.