Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable

NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for various accounting activities within the Merchandise Accounts Payable team. These include supporting the month-end close process, journal entries, retail stock ledger balancing and balance sheet reconciliations. You will also support the monthly reporting function by preparing various financial reports and schedules and manage various ad-hoc requests for data or analysis from business partners and management.

This role is an excellent opportunity to join Neiman Marcus at a time of significant growth. By joining the Accounts Payable team you will gain valuable experience within the retail industry and work with many different departments within the company.

Responsibilities:

• Completion of assigned monthly close activities
• Completion of Imports Accounts Payable monthly activities
• Preparation of Imports claims and recap reconciliations
• Analyze variances related to import accounts.
• Preparation of monthly reconciliations
• Partner with other accounts payable areas to stream line current processes
• Responsible for special projects along with day-to-day accounts payable functions

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance
• 3+ year's Accounting/Finance experience (Public Accounting experience a plus)
• Strong accounting skills (Retail/Inventory experience a plus)
• Experience with major ERP system (such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, or SAP a plus)
• Excellent Excel skills (SQL experience a plus)
• Ability to interrogate, manipulate and understand data from various inventory systems which integrate with Oracle to determine the correct accounting position
• Very flexible and able to function in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with people at various levels (including non-financial associates)
• Strong written communication skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team