Senior Accountant

We are seeking a candidate with a strong accounting/finance background to join CXM’s controllership team.  The core responsibility of our controllership team is to ensure the financial data shared with key stakeholders is technically accurate, complete, and delivered timely. The primary role of the Senior Accountant is to support the GL reporting for Merkle, which is our largest brand within CXM. The candidate will be involved in accounting policy, financial reporting, process improvements, and audit. This role will expose the candidate to ongoing collaboration with our FP&A, operational finance, and commercial finance leads:Perform review controls and challenge the status quo. Drive efficiencies in our end-to-end processes, and quality improvements in our reporting deliverables, including but not limited to journal entry review, GL close, intercompany processes, balance sheet reconciliations, P&L analysis and reporting, audit and JSOX compliance.Interpret financial results and advise management by preparing meaningful variance review commentaries.Respond to requests for information from the DI Group team in London, including queries relating to balance sheet and P&L activity, quarterly or annual disclosures and analysis, operational finance matters, as well as other ad-hoc requests for information.Partner with our onshore and offshore accounting teams as accounting and reporting challenges arise. Meet the financial reporting deadlines for acquisitions. Collaborate with our M&A and commercial finance teams to drive the acquisition reporting process and support the integrations of our acquired businesses from an accounting perspective.