Senior Accountant

Company: T-Mobile
Location: Overland Park
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!T-Mobile is synonymous with innovation-and you could be part of the team that disrupted an entire industry! We reinvented customer service, brought real 5G to the nation, and now we're shaping the future of technology in wireless and beyond.

Reporting to the Manager/Sr Manager Accounting, the Sr Accountant will assist with general accounting, financial statement preparation, and various special projects. The role will work within the Record to Report (RTR) team initially to assist with the implementation of new areas within the Finance, Procurement & Supply Chain (FP&SC) Magenta Services group and assist with process improvement to achieve industry standard methodologies within and in accordance with the US GAAP, IFRS and DT policies, procedures and framework.

This position will be responsible for and will support:
* The development, implementation and/or maintenance of one or more accounting systems.
* Journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis.
* First level of review of staff level deliverables.
* Business processes and make recommendations in order to improve and support business systems and activities.
* Monitoring and ensuring accurate financial results through an advanced understanding of the transactional flow through the various systems and solid understanding of ERP system including sub-modules.

The position may be involved or assist in the:
* Setup of processes and procedures that properly capture, track and report financial transactions.
* Support asset transfers and perform impairment tests.
* Prepare reconciliations in various systems (e.g., SAP, Blackline).
* Prepare financial reviews for analysis, perform subscriber level reporting, and prepare quarterly PBC schedules for external reporting.
* Reconcile automated and manual sub-ledgers to General Ledger and help execute recurring analyses of balance sheet open items.
* Generation of operational reporting, ad-hoc reports for internal and/or external use.
* Interpretation of reports and records for managers/stakeholders.
* Review, tracking and maintaining information in the financial systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance with IFRS, GAAP and other accounting regulations.
* Quarterly and annual financial audit as well as supporting SOX control program.
* Deliver and implement projects, processes, and/or programs that improve profitability, reduce costs, streamline operations, or enhance service to the business and customers.Job Responsibilities:

• Record journal entries, reconcile complex ledger accounts and identify opportunities for improvement to processes or format.
• Understand business drivers and their effect on financial results to ensure business changes are accurately reflected in the financial statements, analysis and communication.
• Ensure accounting records, monthly accounting close activities, and variance analyses are adequately and properly prepared, maintained and explained in a timely manner.
• Ability to mine for, manipulate and manage large volumes of transactional level data.
• Reviews work submitted by Accountants and provides functional advice, guidance, and training.
• Use accounting concepts, experience, analytical skills and knowledge of industry to resolve issues in creative and effective ways and ensure that appropriate judgment is applied.
• Establishes, maintains, and coordinates the implementation of accounting control procedures.
• Produce accurate and timely ad-hoc reporting from multiple data sources to perform analysis. Must be able to validate and interpret results and summarize in a meaningful format.
• Participate in cross-departmental projects. Ability to understand business changes and articulate Accounting guidelines in support of effort. Identify, document and communicate the impact of new programs or system changes on existing accounting processes.
• Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree Finance or Accounting (Required)Work Experience:
    • 4-7 years Working experience.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
      • Process Improvement (Required)
      • Problem Solving (Required)
      • Accounting (Preferred)
      • Inventory (Preferred)Licenses and Certifications:
        • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Preferred)* At least 18 years of age* Legally authorized to work in the United StatesBase Pay Range: $68,700 - $123,900Corporate Bonus Target: 10%The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ262711&paradox=1At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out .Never stop growing!As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladder-it's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growth-and we applaud it. You're unstoppable!T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.Talent comes in all forms at the Un-carrier. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing ApplicantAccommodation@t-mobile.com or calling 1-844-873-9500. Please note, this contact channel is not a means to apply for or inquire about a position and we are unable to respond to non-accommodation related requests.

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