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Sr accountant
Posted on: 8 Jan 2021
Minneapolis, MN
Job Description
A role in External Financial Reporting calls on your skills for quality financial reporting, accurate financials and technical accounting while providing thoughtful and responsive support, expertise, and guidance to business partners. Your role will be critical to ensuring the success of Target’s business initiatives and core retail operations.
As a Senior Accountant - External Financial Reporting, you will:
Prepare journal entries, reporting and expense analyses related to share-based compensation
Provide forecast share-based compensation expense and the related income tax impacts to Corporate Financial Planning and Income Tax
Work closely with the Executive Compensation and Legal departments on share-based compensation projects and initiatives to assess accounting impacts
Perform accounting research and interpret guidance to determine implications on internal and external financial reporting
Work with internal and external audit teams to complete their procedures related to internal controls and financial reporting
Assist in the preparation of quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements, footnotes and MD&A to shareholders and the SEC
Prepare supporting schedules for the Proxy statement
Draft share-based compensation disclosures for statutory financial statements of Target’s subsidiaries
Develop, propose and implement improvements to increase efficiency in accounting processes and reporting
Coordinate/undertake special projects as assigned
Maintain flexibility, awareness and understanding of internal and external reporting issues to function as a backup for other department processes
Leverage technology and other resources to improve processes or automate tasks
About you:
Four-year degree in Accounting and 3-6 years of related experience
CPA or similar designation
Strong knowledge of the requirements of GAAP accounting standards and SOX requirements
Strong project management skills
Experience with process improvement and automation
Strong technical and analytical aptitude translating accounting guidance into practical business advice
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong digital acumen
Target
Minneapolis, MN
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
Target is a general merchandise retailer with stores in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
75% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Target store. locations
We employ 350,000+ team members
?Our tagline is "Expect More. Pay Less." We've been using it since 1994!
Target's CEO since August 2014 is Brian Cornell. leadership
The Target Corporation also owns Shipt, Roundel, Grand Junction and DermStore. More to love!
Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, its hometown since the first Target store opened in 1962 under The Dayton Company
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IndustrySales/Retail
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No. of Employees350,000+
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