Associate Accounting Analyst

Address: 108 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05145-01108-2

Job ID 1381289BR

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Job Summary
Responsible for assisting in the maintenance of accounts and performing other accounting related activities. Helps participate in preparing necessary information for financial and/or management reporting. Assists in analyzing financial and management reports to identifying trends and variances. May perform basic analysis and basic level accounting tasks.

Job Responsibilities

Monitors timeliness of external sources providing required documents, information and payment. Notifies management of late items. Assists with monitoring accounts.
Research and correction of issues and exceptions as assigned. Helps analyze basic accounts, records, and reports. Investigates and resolves any accounting issues within area of responsibility.
Performs basic reconciliations for area supported and analyzes resulting variances. May propose and prepare adjusting entries as necessary resulting from reconciliations.
Creates reports as assigned and per procedures. May prepare basic reports in support of internal and external audits.
Audits compliance with contracts, negotiated terms, and applicable regulations.
May assist in exploring modification and implementation in changes in systems and procedures.

About Walgreens and WBA :
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170 year heritage of caring for communities. WBA’s purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those that drive equitable access to care for the nation’s medically underserved populations. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms supported by the latest technology to deliver high quality products and services in communities nationwide.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
"An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience in an analytical role in accounting, finance, business management or auditing.
Knowledge of applicable regulations.
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
Willing to travel up to 10 % of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Accountancy or MBA
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business.
CPA designation.
Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: designing and creating simple queries, modifying data types, adding dates, working with required fields and/or creating labels).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.

Salary Range$26.25 - $39.28 / Hourly

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