Financial Reporting Analyst at Uniti in Little Rock, Arkansas

Job Description:

The Financial Reporting Analyst is responsible for supporting the preparation of the periodic financial statements for financial reporting, including the preparation of the footnotes to the financial statements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assists the Accounting and External Reporting Manager in interfacing with others, including senior management, external auditors and consultants regarding accounting and financial reporting issues to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations


• Prepares monthly and ad-hoc balance sheet and income statement analysis


• Prepares certain footnotes and MD&A within Forms 10-Q and 10-K


• Supports maintaining the Company's accounting policy manuals including collaboration and communication with other accounting personnel to align accounting policies across the organization


• Assists the Accounting and External Reporting Manager in performing accounting research and providing analysis on technical accounting matters as needed


• Prepares general ledger journal entries primarily impacting equity accounts and the related balance sheet account reconciliations


• Assists in the documentation of department responsibilities for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley


• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/ or Experience:

• Minimum of 1-2 years' experience in accounting, including general ledger and financial statement preparation or audit


• Business degree in accounting


• CPA or CPA eligible preferred


• Understanding of internal controls over financial reporting


• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word


• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills


• Strong work ethic is expected


• Demonstrates accountability to personal work product


• Must be a team player and a solution provider

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sitting, standing, and walking.


• Lifting of objects up to 25 pounds, bending, and stooping.


• Hours involving overtime and weekends as necessary.


• Keyboarding, typing.


• Ability to read effectively from a computer screen, sampling device and/or a paper copy.

Working Conditions:

• Ability to work multiple tasks in a stressful environment while maintaining a positive and pleasant manner with others.


• Ability to handle a large volume of work and perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced office environment.


• Ability to travel 20%.


• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings, holidays, and weekends.

Uniti provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.