Sr Accountant
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Compare budgeted costs to actual costs by developing, maintaining, and analyzing budgets and preparing periodic reports.
- Compile, code, categorize, calculate, tabulate, audit, or verify information or data.
- Observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources.
- Identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Enter, transcribe, record, store, or maintain information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information by using multiple computer systems (including hardware and software).
- Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards by using relevant information and individual judgment.
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
- Remain up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Communicate with others to convey information effectively.
The typical starting pay range for this position is between $74,200 - $100,000 annually, although wages can very based on experience and geography.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Education Level
Area of Specialization (Marketing, Finance, Pharmacy, Engineering/IT, etc)
Required or Preferred
Bachelor Degree
Accounting, Finance or Business
Required
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
Licenses/Certifications
Other/List/Reason
Required or Preferred
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification
Preferred
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Required or Preferred
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Required
Proficient knowledge of e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet and database software applications.
Required
WORK EXPERIENCE
Experience
Areas of Experience (Pharmacy, Compliance, E-commerce, Retail, etc)
Required or Preferred
5 years of experience in Accounting
Required
5 years of experience in ERP system migrations and implementation and automation projects
Preferred
If you want to make a difference, Rite Aid is the right place.
While Rite Aid is big, it still feels small — you and your work are never lost in the crowd. You know the leaders, and they recognize your impact. Teams are tightly knit and agile. Small groups, courageous enough to meet our goals in new ways. You can take your work, your team, or your business to the next level without being slowed down by a ton of process or layers of approval. For anyone with intent to grow, you can reinvent yourself in a new role or take on a new challenge while helping us reinvent Rite Aid and innovate our industry.
Wherever you work in the Rite Aid family, your diverse perspectives and fierce commitment enable us to deliver on the promise of ’whole health for life’ for communities around our country.
And that makes the biggest difference of all.
Rite Aid is on the front lines of delivering healthcare services and retail products to more than 1.6 million Americans each day.
Through our RxEvolution strategy, Rite Aid is re-imagining the neighborhood pharmacy as a destination for total health and wellness – the place where traditional medicine and alternative therapies come together in perfect harmony.
We believe in the power of pharmacy to provide trusted and accessible care that helps our customers go beyond healthy and get thriving. An essential part of our RxEvolution includes empowering our pharmacists to engage more with customers – while also updating our product mix to favor better-for-you and free-from options that our customers value.
Rite Aid Corporation is also proud to be one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. With approximately 2,500 stores in 19 states, we have a strong presence on both the East and West Coasts, employing more than 51,000 associates.
Fair Chance Act
Fair Chance Act Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if we identify a conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Right’s Department Fair Chance Act webpage.
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