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Senior Accountant, Accounting at Comcast Corporation summary:

As a Senior Accountant at Comcast, I am responsible for accounting and analysis of Sales & Marketing and Xfinity Stores P&L accounts. My role includes preparing financial reports, ensuring accuracy in balance sheets, and performing various reconciliations while supporting internal and external audits. Leveraging my experience in financial reporting and Oracle automation tools, I collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive results and streamline accounting processes.

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

As a member of the Comcast Global Accounting Organization, this role will be responsible for accounting and analysis related to various Sales & Marketing and Xfinity Stores P&L accounts. This role will support HQ business units for residential and business services customers as well as Division Business units. Responsibilities include preparation of schedules to support accruals, quarterly financial statement analysis, journal entries and various account reconciliations.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Ensures that balance sheets are accurately stated and reconciled to the general ledger. Researches variances, determines root causes and makes recommendations for adjustments.
• Enters monthly journal entries to properly record accounting transactions, ensuring that journal entries have proper backup to substantiate the entry.
• Reviews financial statements for operating trends and results, researching variances to forecast and budget prior month and prior year.
• Prepares financial reports, analyzing data for management review.
• Researches complex accounting data in order to comply with new accounting policy implementation.
• Researches ways of streamlining and standardizing processes to support the Accounting function.
• Researches contracts and regulations to determine proper calculations of payments to regulatory authorities.
• Perform accounting and analysis for various Sales & Marketing and Service Center accounts.
• Record monthly journal entry financial transactions, ensuring they have proper support/documentation to substantiate the entry.
• Assists with the internal and external audit process as needed.
• Research and develop automated Oracle routines such as Automation workflows. Knowledge of Power BI, Data Analyze 360 or other Workflow Automation tools encouraged. 
• Ability to work independently as well as collaborate with cross functional teams independently on Projects.
• Ability to work in a very fast paced environment
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Financial Reporting and Analysis; Balance Sheets; Researching

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 Years

Keywords:

Senior Accountant, Financial Analysis, P&L Accounts, Financial Reporting, Journal Entries, Reconciliations, Oracle Automation, Cross-functional Collaboration, Accounting Standards, Variance Analysis