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Senior Staff Accountant

Employer
Stonex Group
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Closing date
Aug 2, 2024

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Job Role
Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Connecting clients to markets - and talent to opportunity.

With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we're a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets - focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, The StoneX Group is made up of four segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Business Segment Overview

Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you'll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Responsibilities

Position Purpose

This role joins a growing, dynamic team in Kansas City, MO reporting to the Controller. The Senior Staff Accountant will be responsible for the month-end close process, reconciliations, audit requests, financial reporting and ad-hoc projects. This role will support StoneX Commodity Solutions LLC ("SCS") is a wholly owned, subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc and has developed a unique commodity platform to support nearly all aspects of commodity supply chains for clients, including logistics, commodity finance and risk management. SCS utilizes physical commodity trade, as principal, to provide modular supply chain solutions. Core competencies are centered around the following capabilities:
  • Working Capital: forward contract solutions, commodity inventory in storage or in transit.
  • Risk Management: hedge price risk on inventory and forward purchases and/or sales.
  • Merchandising & Logistics: buy, transport, store and sell physical commodities.

SCS covers a broad range of commodities including Fats & Oils, Coffee, Cocoa, Grains, Feed Ingredients and Metals.

Responsibilities
  • Prepare and post entries to general ledger accounts with appropriate supporting documentation
  • Prepare general ledger account reconciliations and research and resolve any outstanding items
  • Ensure all deadlines are met in accordance with the closing dates set by management
  • Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, including coordination of reporting from overseas entity
  • Prepare and post intercompany entries and paydowns of intercompany balances
  • Assist with requests from both internal and external auditors related to quarterly reviews, bank and annual audits, as well as to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
  • Assist with the debt covenant calculations
  • Assist with the variable compensation process
  • Support special projects and process improvement initiatives

Qualifications

Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Minimum of 4+ plus years of work experience
  • Working knowledge of US GAAP
  • Intermediate+ knowledge of Microsoft Office largely Excel
  • Working knowledge of general ledger systems
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and subsidiaries
  • Strong work ethic and emphasis on attention to details
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, organization and multitasking skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure and within short deadlines
  • Must be authorized to work in the US

Preferred
  • Public accounting experience
  • CPA
  • Mark to market accounting experience
  • Experience working with foreign currencies

Working Environment
  • Hybrid Work Model: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote on a weekly basis

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