Senior Specialist – Project Accounting/Fixed Asset
JCPenney proudly serves customers at more than 650 stores across the United States and Puerto Rico, and at the Company’s flagship store, jcp.com. JCPenney is one of the nation’s largest retailers of apparel, home, jewelry, and beauty merchandise with a growing portfolio of private and national brands. Guided by the Golden Rule, JCPenney employs more than 60,000 associates worldwide and has served customers for over 120 years, playing a vital role in the communities it serves. For additional information, please visit jcp.com and follow JCPenney on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Responsibilities:
- Budgetary control reports – Sending report of updates on project status to business users
- Misc Transactions for Marketing – Booking subledger journal entries both from requests from the business owner as well as from predefined defensive queries.
- Month End Journal Entries for Marketing – Booking journal entries in the general ledger in support of the month end close
- Marketing Checkbook reconciliation – Reconcile amounts that have come into the project accounting module to a workbook from the marketing financial reporting team to verify that expected expenses are being accounted for in the correct time period.
- Fixed Assets and Marketing account reconciliations – Complete month end account reconciliations for both fixed assets and Marketing accounts
- Misc Transactions for all departments – Shared responsibility of processing requests for MTs from other parts of the business that come in through though the PA SharePoint site
- SharePoint processing – MTs, project setups, project updates (Shared between SLC and Bangalore)
Core Competencies & Accomplishments:
- Knowledge of basic accounting procedures and principles
- Familiarity with SQL and other querying tools
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent critical thinking, analytical and decision-making skills
- Intermediate to advanced ability with Microsoft Office Tools, including Excel
- Ability to adapt to changing circumstances
- Detailed and organized to prioritize work effectively
- Proactive in setting goals and achieving results
- Eager to learn and willing to take on new initiatives
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance is preferred.
- 4-6 years of experience in Accounts Payable or Finance roles with increasing responsibility and analytical decision making.