Job Abstract

Company Overview:

Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI) is a global leader in the celebrations industry, with its offerings spanning more than 70 countries around the world. PCHI is also the largest vertically integrated designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of party goods in North America.

PCHI team members demonstrate a daily commitment to the company's Brand Purpose: to inspire joy by making it easy for customers to create unforgettable memories.

PCHI operates across multiple businesses within its Retail Division and Consumer Products Division. On the retail side, Party City (partycity.com) is the leading omnichannel retailer in the celebrations category, operating more than 800 company-owned and franchise stores, as well as Halloween City (halloweencity.com) seasonal pop-up stores. The Consumer Products Division includes design and manufacturing entities Amscan, an industry leader in celebration décor, tableware, costumes, and accessories, and Anagram, the global market leader in foil balloons.

PCHI is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, N.J. with additional locations throughout the Americas and Asia.? ?

Job Overview:

The Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting will be part of a team of finance professionals focused on delivering all day-to-day accounting and controllership activities for PCHI and will ensure that timely, accurate, and insightful financial information is a priority. To accomplish this, the Senior Accountant may also collaborate teams within the Accounting & Compliance organization, including our offshore team in India.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Responsible for accurate and timely monthly, quarter, and year-end accounting close process and relevant corporate accounting activities.
• Produce and review supporting schedules and analysis, including review of manual journal entries.
• Reviews and ensures all balance sheet account analysis is prepared timely and accurately.
• Integration of corporate accounting activities by further standardizing practices at an Enterprise level.
• Responsible for corporate accounting policies and procedures for company.
• Supervision and review of the work performed by the off-shore accounting team.
• Ensure business adherence to internal finance policies and controls including data and reporting standards and compliance (Sarbanes Oxley regulations, internal and external audits).
• Support annual external and statutory audits.
• Assist with detailed-oriented projects such as accounting system implementations, business process improvements and reporting and operational enforcement of policies, and procedures, and internal controls.

Skills Required:

• Detail oriented, well organized and with effective collaboration methods, and able to deal with ambiguity in a constantly evolving environment
• Excellent planning and team building skills
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and build positive relationships within finance and non-finance teams to make recommendations, implement process/policies, etc.
• Able to effectively communicate complex matters to all employee levels through company-wide communications
• Proven track record of working under deadlines in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing priorities and achieving objectives
• Has a mindset for continuous improvement with ability to understand and develop unique and innovative solutions to meet the needs of internal and external customers
• Makes sound, timely decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience and judgment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically in Word, Outlook and particularly Excel. Must be able to perform intermediate formulas
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Ability to ability to prioritize competing priorities and work with a sense of urgency
• Ability to proactively identify potential roadblock and present solutions
• A proven ability to quickly learn internal systems, workflows, and technologies
• Self-motivated and willing to work independently as well as part of a global team

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of overall experience in accounting/finance
• BS in Accounting or Finance
• Solid knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Experience in Oracle R12 is a plus
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software