Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with 2019 revenues of $17.5 billion and approximately 78,000 team members working at more than 300 sites worldwide.
We are looking for a Sr. Accountant of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting. This position is responsible for the timely and accurate filing of quarterly and annual reports in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and US GAAP regulations including the preparation of the Company’s financial statements on Form 10-K, 10-Q.
The team is ready to act immediately on those candidates who are the best fit for the role. You’ll first hear from someone in Talent Acquisition to schedule a phone screen, and then the next step will be a personal interview with our Hiring Manager. We pride ourselves on moving through processes quickly, and you can be sure of transparency and prompt communication throughout.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements along with all accompanying footnotes and seek opportunities to standardize and automate processes to gain efficiencies, including preparing, distributing, and reviewing any financial reporting packages necessary to achieve complete and accurate financial reporting.
- Ensure that financial statements adhere to GAAP and SEC requirements, in addition to meeting all the related required disclosures.
- Prepare GAAP and SEC checklists quarterly/annually.
- Assist in preparation of financial statement schedules for use as footnote support, including, but not limited to, noncontrolling interest roll-forwards, equity method investment roll-forwards, inventory, property, plant and equipment, goodwill and intangibles.
- Preparation of SAP journal entries for accounts such as, US property and casualty reserves, worker’s compensation, incentive compensation, pension and other postemployment benefits, restructuring activities, and US medical.
- Conducts accounting technical research and writes technical position memos/white papers for accounting and disclosure matters.
- Assist with the implementation of new accounting pronouncements and related procedures.
- Assist with the annual external audit and serve as a liaison between the Company and external auditors to resolve accounting and reporting issues.
- Assist with the internal audits and SOX control validation processes to resolve accounting and reporting issues.
- Perform analytical reviews of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
- Provides U.S. GAAP support to the Divisional and Corporate Finance leaders.
- Participate in the coordination with external specialists (i.e. valuation specialists, actuaries, etc.) on critical accounting estimates and related assumptions, along with control documentation over the review of inputs to financial models.
- Review reports from external specialist and documentation of review procedures over data for internal controls documentation.
- Update process documents and narratives for internal controls documentation.
- Maintenance of the SOX 404 documentation and related testing for the financial reporting cycle and other cycles within area of responsibility (such as goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, noncontrolling interests, equity method investments, incentive compensation, pension and OPEB, insurance reserves, etc.).
Required Skills
Required Experience
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. CPA is preferred.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:
- 4 – 7 years of work experience in public accounting and/or industry with progressive increase in responsibility.
- Big 4 Public Accounting Firm experience (3 years minimum) working with multinational publicly traded companies, preferably in the automotive manufacturing (OEM supplier) or aftermarket industry.
- Strong technical accounting background in US GAAP.
- Strong analytical and trouble-shooting skills.
- Team-oriented and able to perform tasks where time management is key.
- Significant capability, drive and initiative to create and manage own work agenda
- A high degree of computer literacy, experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP) required and consolidation systems experience preferred (e.g. Hyperion or One Stream).