Responsibilities
•    Producing accurate and timely financial reports, for internal and external use, in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
•    Preparing or leading preparation of reports which summarize and forecast business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings, based on past, present and expected operations.
•    Ensuring the accounting policies and practices of the organization are followed; working closely with internal auditors, public accountants, federal tax examiners, and other financial professionals ensuring that practices are in line with the overall goals of the organization.
•    Overseeing and evaluating the activities of the accounting staff, and providing for their professional development; analyzing and solving accounting problems.

Skill Descriptors:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
•    Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
•    Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
•    Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
•    Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
•    Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
•    Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
•    Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
•    Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

Judgment and Decision Making: Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for decision making.
•    Sustains organization strategies over time by accurately analyzing tradeoffs in changing direction or staying the course.
•    Makes decisions that remain defensible beyond the short term.
•    Communicates decisions confidently and resolutely.
•    Remains steadfast in championing others' decisions that later come under scrutiny.
•    Coaches others to improve judgment and confidence in decision making skills.

Managing People: Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Anticipates and manages difficult interpersonal situations and conflicts; resolves them to mutual satisfaction.
•    Implements coaching and mentoring programs to ensure the holistic development of employees.
•    Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements.
•    Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.
•    Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.

Accounting: Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Supervises all aspects of an accounting function.
•    Consults on the effectiveness and efficiency of accounting process flow.
•    Oversees the process and data flow between accounting systems and sub-systems.
•    Develops an accounting system for the management of assets, liabilities and transactions.
•    Formulates accounting practices for general ledger, A-P, A-R and assets.
•    Evaluates the organization's and industry's practices on how capital assets are depreciated.

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Conducts and documents analyses of a variety of financial statements and indicators.
•    Anticipates the potential impact of decisions based on financial data analysis.
•    Oversees financial analysis to evaluate organizational and managerial performance.
•    Evaluates financial statements and ensures regulatory compliance.
•    Directs others work with financial and cash flow ratios and trend analyses.

Financial Reporting: Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting; ability to create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports.

Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Designs and interprets varied and complex financial reports.
•    Advises others on the methods and purposes to create accurate financial reports.
•    Monitors and ensures accuracy of the use of a variety of financial report-writing tools.
•    Updates or establishes organizational standards for financial reports.
•    Consults others on identifying, tracing, and correcting errors in financial reports.
•    Creates and customizes organizational methods and procedures for financial reports.