Job Description

Senior Accountant, Product Support Accounting at Comcast Corporation summary:

The Senior Accountant for Product Support Accounting at Comcast is responsible for aligning accounting processes for Direct Product and Development costs, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting. The role involves preparing monthly and quarterly financial analyses, managing journal entries, and reconciling balance sheets. This position requires strong accounting knowledge, experience in a corporate environment, and a focus on collaborative problem-solving.

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

As a team member of the Comcast Global Accounting Organization, this role will be responsible for the process to align accounting processes for Direct Product and Development & Support costs within the Connectivity & Platforms segment. Responsibilities include developing processes and procedures to align & drive department efficiencies, preparing monthly & quarterly financial analysis & reporting, journal entries and month-end workpaper reconciliations. The role requires in-depth experience, knowledge, and skills in accounting, as well as the ability to manage priorities and act as a collaborative resource for colleagues. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work for Comcast in the United States without a current or potential future need for sponsorship. This opportunity is onsite at PA - Philadelphia, 1701 John F Kennedy Blvd

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Champion process re-design within C&P to drive consistent, efficient, and simplified reporting.
• Perform accounting and analysis for various General Ledger Accounts.
• Degree in Accounting is required.
• High proficiency in Excel.
• Experience with financial reporting for a Fortune 500 company / Big Four client is desired.
• Compile, adjust and evaluate various accruals to ensure their accuracy. Review supporting documentation to substantiate journal entries.
• Prepare additional account and other analyses as requested by management.
• Ensures that balance sheets are accurately stated and reconciled to the general ledger. Researches variances, determines root causes and makes recommendations for adjustments.
• Enters monthly journal entries to properly record accounting transactions, ensuring that journal entries have proper backup to substantiate the entry.
• Reviews financial statements for operating trends and results, researching variances to forecast and budget prior month and prior year.
• Prepares financial reports, analyzing data for management review.
• Researches complex accounting data in order to comply with new accounting policy implementation.
• Researches ways of streamlining and standardizing processes to support the Accounting function.
• Evaluate current practices, models, and recurring tasks for potential automation using advanced Excel and other technical skills (Macros, Visual Basic, etc..).
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

General Ledger (GL); Financial Reporting and Analysis; Management Reporting; Researching; Reconciliations

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 Years

Keywords:

Senior Accountant, financial reporting, product support accounting, general ledger, journal entries, financial analysis, accounting processes, Comcast, efficiency, reconciliations

Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement, Night shift, Weekend work,

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