Senior Accountant

Job Description
This position performs as a lead accountant for several business units and/or legal entitles for a regional office of a global leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods.
Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions
Analyzes and Reviews various daily physical and futures trading activities in relation to completing accurate Daily P&
L estimates for our various trading and operating activities.
Completes Daily P&
L estimate calculations for various trade and operating activities.
Prepares and reviews daily positions reports and supporting details for merchandisers and management.
Performs quantity reconciliations for trading activities.
Reviews and approves accounting journal entries for trading activities and certain operating activities.
Prepares and/or reviews monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for local management for multiple business units and/or legal entities.
Prepares and/or reviews monthly reporting for global consolidation along with required comments and analysis for assigned business units and/or legal entities.
Prepares and/or reviews monthly budget vs. actual variance reporting along with required comments and analysis.
Reconciles or reviews reconcilements for all accounts within business units general ledger.
Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger for the assigned business units and/or legal entities.
Reviews general ledger (G/L) accounts and compares them with various source documents to identify discrepancies and/or errors/omissions in the accounts payable/journal entry process.
Communicates with the other LDC offices or outside counterparties to resolve discrepancies.
Reviews and posts journal entries to reconcile G/L accounts with source documents.
Reviews work of any subordinates.
Reviews accounts payable coding prior to input.
Coordinates industry cost budget preparation and performs analysis with commentary.
Support the year-end and mid-year audits performed by external auditors by gathering and preparing supporting documents and schedules per their information requests.
Follows company accounting policies and ensures they are enforced.
Perfoms adhoc requests as given by managers.
Other duties as assigned.
Additional Responsibilities:
Supervises 1 to 3 subordinates as assigned by management.
Performs special projects, including preparing financial and management reports, preparing spreadsheets, retrieving data from systems, assisting with implementation of new systems and managing data.
Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Work together in a cooperative spirit to serve the best interests of the Company.
Operate in a fully responsible manner and comply with the law and Company Policy.