Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting & Consolidations

NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP

Neiman Marcus Group is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our growing team. A candidate with a strong entrepreneurial attitude, attention to detail, and a well-rounded professional background in accounting will make a quick impact in the role. This role is best suited to someone who considers themselves a critical thinker or problem solver, who communicates effectively and demonstrates curiosity, initiative, and a career growth mindset.

The Senior Accountant will be primarily responsible preparing monthly consolidations, forecasts, financial statements and proper accounting of the foreign subsidiaries on a timely basis. This position plays an active role in various other financial reporting schedule, compliance activities and accounting/reporting process enhancement. The Senior Accountant is a highly visible role and regularly interacts with third parties, including auditors, actuaries, and other advisors, among others, as well as internal leadership across the organization.

The Neiman Marcus Group offers a high degree of flexibility, a robust offering of development and engagement resources, and other exciting perks!

Key Performance Elements

• Prepare and ensure timely, accurate and GAAP-compliant financial statements
• Prepare internal reporting schedules in support of critical reporting needs
• Assist with quality check control over reports issued by the Corporate Finance Department Prepare and review monthly reconciliations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare forecast analysis and communicate key themes to Finance leadership
• Participate in cross-functional project teams to support strategic initiative execution, including system conversions/implementations, potential transactions/partnerships/investments, and organizational enhancements, among others
• Other special projects, ad hoc requests and initiatives as required

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree required; Accounting or Finance preferred
• 4 or more years of experience in a similar accounting or reporting role
• Public accounting, or equivalent industry experience, preferred
• Extensive knowledge of US GAAP and familiarity with accounting/reporting research tools
• Detailed understanding of financial statement preparation and reporting requirements highly preferred
• Excellent written and oral professional communication skills, keen attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage priorities to completion along established timelines
• Ability to function independently and collaboratively as needed in a fast-paced, flexible work environment with geographically distributed team members
• Proficiency with/mastery of Microsoft Office and other standard office suite software skills
• Experience with enterprise accounting and reporting tools preferred; experience with Oracle EBS, EPM/SmartView/Essbase, and Workiva WDesk is a plus
• Flexibility and adaptability, professional curiosity, willingness to collaborate with others and contribute as a member of a team
• Ability to think critically, exercise professional judgement, and anticipate/proactively manage feedback, follow-up and next steps