Job Description

A Senior Accountant on the Alaska Communications\xe2\x80\x99 Accounting team is responsible for contributing to the production of timely and accurate financial reporting. The integrity of our reporting is confirmed through monthly general ledger close, account reconciliations, and exception analysis; and through communication with operational business partners to facilitate the accuracy of financial data.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Participate in the preparation of schedules and support for SEC reporting, external quarter-end reviews, and year-end audits for all public financial statement filings, and various regulatory and SOX 404 compliance audits.

• Complete accurate financial statement reconciliations, some including a high volume of data, including the development and maintenance of complex spreadsheets and analyzing proper accounting treatment.

• Prepare, examine, and analyze financial data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GAAP, SOX 404, regulatory requirements; and multiple billing and financial reporting systems. Perform technical research.

• Develop and maintain complex spreadsheets to perform and document analyses to evaluate and ensure the accuracy of financial data.

• Gather information from multiple sources to implement cross-departmental use of "best practices"; resolve business partner issues; and drive streamlining processes.

• Train and coach the Accounting team including reviewing work to ensure accuracy and proper financial accounting presentation.

• Work on special projects with greater complexity, breadth of scope, and impact on the Company.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Required

Bachelor\'s Degree in Accounting or Finance plus four (4) years of professional-level accounting experience with an increasing level of responsibility resulting in a demonstrable mastery of accounting principles concepts and applications. Equivalent education and training may be substituted for experience on a year-to-year basis. Demonstrated proficiency working with Microsoft Office
Suite, to include Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook. Experience in an ERP accounting system. Experience in the communications industry which results in a demonstrated familiarity with regulatory, financial, and competitive nature of business is preferred.

Alaska Communications Systems