Senior Accountant

Company: NorthPoint Development LLC
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: September 24, 2022

Job Description:

• This opportunity is only eligible for in-person work.We're looking for a high-performing, results-driven, detail-focused, strategically oriented, and values-grounded Senior Accountant to join the Finance Team of our rapidly growing and transforming global logistics business, helping us to create and deliver world-class results for our clients and our firm.You'll own the entire spectrum of financial processes associated with two of our different operating entities, encompassing the completion of financial statements; working to coordinate and distribute consolidated financial information; providing audit, budgetary, forecasting, and analytical assistance; and serving as the central financial resource for the companies within your responsibility.Leading, developing, and mentoring an Accounting Associate, you'll assist them as they grow and advance in their careers, building our team and investing in your teammates at the same time.Working with our operational teams, you'll help to ensure effective cash management, always living into our Core Value of Maintaining our Financial Discipline, and you'll help to develop and train our Sales and Operations teams' financial acumen.In short, you'll wield every meaningful financial tool, interact across our entire organization, and help develop both your capabilities and ours simultaneously.Through it all, you'll live into our values, epitomizing what it means to be a NorthPointer and demonstrating the spirit of our world-class, service-oriented, values-grounded culture, and helping us to deliver a mutually rewarding supply chain experience for our clients, fueling our continued ascent as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest and in the United States.About You:
  • You're a values-centered person with a relentless focus on leadership, growth, and service, and a commitment to delivering on the challenges that leadership compels of us.
  • You have grit and an unwavering emphasis on changing the status quo and achieving results no matter the situation, the obstacle, or the constraint.
  • You're excited by the fast pace of the logistics business, and you delight in the challenge of keeping multiple balls in the air at once without letting any of them drop.
  • You're impeccably detail-oriented, highly organized, and can both offer and accept help when the situation calls for it.
  • You've demonstrated your expertise and your commitment to your craft by completing your degree in Accounting or Finance, have at least five years of experience, and ideally have either achieved your CPA licensure or are working toward doing so.
  • You appreciate the insight that data can bring to the business and embrace the realities of a data-driven world. You're excited by technology and dive in with new opportunities, abandoning the safety of 'what we've always done.'
  • You're a strong leader, capable of facilitating discussions, ably wielding analytics, and dispassionately evaluating the landscape while passionately advocating for change.
  • You love to interact with others, develop solid relationships with stakeholders both in and out of the organization, and always maintain an air of optimism in the face of rapidly changing circumstances and adversity.
  • You're a quick learner, and can absorb, assimilate, and implement new information at the drop of a hat, and do so with a smile on your face.
  • Your financial insight is without peer - you can spot issues in a financial statement or a balance sheet and can easily identify the appropriate resolution.
  • Your analytical skills are above reproach - you relish the opportunity to dive into a situation, see it from multiple angles, and create and execute a plan to solve it.
  • You're excited to grow and expand your knowledge and capabilities within the global logistics market.
  • You recognize that a plan is only as good as its execution, and you love to implement, not merely to strategize.
  • You possess a strong and capable business acumen, capable of balancing both operational concerns and financial needs to assess, identify, recommend, and implement solutions.About Us:NorthPoint Logistics is a values-based full-service international freight forwarder, customs broker, and domestic freight broker. Headquartered in Kansas City, our rapidly growing team offers logistics management services and systems which centralize provider networks, automate shipment planning and tracking, and provide world-class service and expertise to help our clients navigate the uncertain waters of supply chains around the world. With our sister companies within the NorthPoint family, we provide an end-to-end supply chain solution, and our understanding of foreign markets, international trade, domestic transportation, and supply chain optimization is built upon years of operation across the continent and the globe. Our values orientation, commitment to data-driven decision-making, and relentless drive to optimize and innovate truly differentiate us in the marketplace.Check out our recent accomplishments and awards from Inc. Magazine!List of the Midwest's Fastest Growing Companies- https://northpointlogistics.com/inc-magazine-2/List of America's Best Workplaces- https://www.inc.com/profile/northpoint-logisticsWhat Comes Next:We believe fervently in the power of data-driven decision-making and are committed to understanding and appreciating the whole applicant, not simply what's on a resume. During our interview process, we'll ask you to take several assessments, and we hope you join us in appreciating the value of such a process. We're excited to meet with you and look forward to learning more about you and what you can add to our culture, values, and team.We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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