Senior Accountant, Farm & Hardware

Senior Accountant, Farm & Hardware - Towson, MD, United States (Virtual)Come make the world and accelerate your success.It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world's most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.The Job:As a Senior Accountant, Farm & Hardware, you'll be part of our T&O Finance Controllership team working as a virtual employee. You'll get to:- Facilitate monthly closeout by calculating and recording monthly journal entries surrounding P&L expense lines including items such as promotional programs offered to customers (i.e. Retail Sales Adjustments), Buybacks, Service Level Penalties, Other Sales Promotions, Top Line Pricing Adjustments, Markdowns, Rebate, Co-Op Advertising, Cost of Sales Promotion for Farm & Hardware customers.- Review customer contracts and other business arrangements and determine appropriate accounting in conjunction with the Accounting Manager.- Complete Farm & Hardware customer's monthly balance sheet reconciliations and roll-forwards. Track ending balances within accrual balance sheet accounts.- Validate and resolve Farm & Hardware customer deductions for pricing, markdowns, rebates, coop, and service level penalties.- Complete analysis to compare actual Retail Sales Adjustment deductions from Farm & Hardware customers to forecast performance of promos.- Work with Sales, Marketing, Commercial Finance and customers to resolve disputes- Complete quarterly balance sheet reserve analysis for key reserves, ensuring accruals updated for Quarter End reporting.- Assist in calculating and communicating quarterly, semi-annual and annual rebate and co-op payments as necessary.- Finance transformation/process improvement projects - coordinate with various teams to work on special projects to improve business processes and improve internal controls with a focus on automation of manual work- Other financial support and research, as necessary.The Person:You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You're not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn't it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:- Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance required - CPA or MBA is a plus.- Strong understanding or U.S. GAAP.- Minimum of 3 - 5 years experience in auditing, accounting, controllership and/or other financial roles.- Strong knowledge of MS Excel - ability to handle large files with pivot tables, vlookup, sumif, etc.- Ability to discuss matters effectively with non-financial associates at all levels of management.- Must demonstrate personal drive and willingness to accept responsibility.- Strong organizational, analytical and decision-making skills - attention to details.- Ability to work independently.- Continuous improvement minded; experience with big data applications (e.g. Alteryx) highly preferred.- Respect for people and ability to work and communicate with all levels in the organization.The Details:You'll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan including:- Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.And More:We want our company to be a place you'll want to be - and stay. Being part of our team means you'll get to:- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.What's more, you'll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We're more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We're visionaries and innovators. As successful as we've been in the past, we have so much further to go. That's where you come in. Join us!#LI-RB1#LI-RemoteWe Don't Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you'll get the unique chance to impact some of the world's most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.Who We AreWe're the World's largest tool company. We're industry visionaries. We're solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art "smart factory" products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.Benefits & PerksYou'll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.What You'll Also GetCareer Opportunity: Career paths aren't linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.Learning & Development:Our lifelong learning philosophy means you'll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).Diverse & Inclusive Culture:We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that's how the best work gets done. You'll find we like to have fun here, too.Purpose-Driven Company:You'll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.EEO Statement:All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status or any other protected characteristic.If you require reasonable accommodation to complete an application or access our website, please contact us at (860) 827-3923 or at accommodations@sbdinc.com . Due to volume, we cannot respond to unrelated inquiries about the status of a completed application or resetting an account password.Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov) (http://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\EEOC\KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)