Senior Accountant – Financial Reporting

Overview

Are you curious about solving complex business challenges for a leading convenience retailer? Do you have a passion for cross functional collaboration? Then you may be the perfect addition to our team!

Cumberland Farms is a member of the EG America family of brands. EG America is one of the fastest-growing convenience store retailers in the United States, committed to becoming America’s #1 ‘one-stop’ destination. The business has an established pedigree of delivering excellent fuel, grocery and merchandise, and food service. Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, our Company has grown to over 1,500+ locations across the United States employing over 18,000 team members. You can find us operating under the following store banners: Certified Oil, Cumberland Farms, Fastrac, Kwik Shop, Loaf N Jug, Minit Mart, Sprint Food Stores, Tom Thumb, Turkey Hill, and Quik Stop. Our headquarters in Westborough, MA is home to our Store Support Center, Company Warehouse, and Culinary Center.

What We Offer

• Competitive Wages
• Work today, get paid tomorrow through our earned wage access program*
• Paid Time Off
• Medical/Health/Dental Coverage
• 401K with Company Match
• Team Member Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account
• Company Spirit Days
• Employee recognition and awards
• And much more!

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant is primarily focused on accounting for our Retail Stores and serves as a key contributor to the Company’s accurate and efficient financial reporting close process. The role offers cross-company exposure to the Company’s production, distribution, and retail operations across multiple brands and financial entities. The Senior Accountant will apply generally accepted accounting principles, company policies and procedures, previous experience, and PDI and Oracle e-Business Suite system functionality to ensure accounting transactions, account balances, and reports are appropriately stated. In addition, the Senior Accountant will assist in the review and redesign of accounting processes and procedures across Retail Accounting. This includes consolidating procedures across multiple business units.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accounting of lottery, 3rd party gift cards, utilities, credit cards, and more.
• Identify efficiency and process improvement opportunities related to Retail Accounting.
• Support the Manager of Retail Accounting in efforts to scale accounting procedures to multiple banners/entities.
• Document accounting and business processes related to retail accounting.
• Respond to external audit requests.
• Other duties as assigned.

The above responsibilities are to be carried out in accordance with documented company policies and procedures, with the goal that all will be accomplished to provide monthly and annual financial results within established timeframes. All of the above will be accomplished collaboratively but will also provide opportunities for independent decision making.

Working Relationship

The Senior Accountant will work closely on a daily basis with members of the Retail Accounting and General Ledger department, as well as other internal stakeholders, on a daily/weekly/monthly basis including Financial Reporting, Tax, Culinary Center, Warehouse, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Procurement, Marketing and Information Technology teams. External contacts will include external auditors, vendors, and software vendors/developers. Interactions with all of these groups will be via email, phone, and in person and will require the Senior Accountant to inform, teach, persuade, and report information.

Qualifications

Minimum Education: Bachelor degree in Accounting

Preferred Education: Not applicable

Minimum Experience: 2 – 5 years as an accountant in private industry or at least 2 years as an auditor in a public accounting firm.

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Preferred Experience: 2 - 5 years as an accountant in the retail industry.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite and Discoverer query tool (or similar).
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics / NAV environments or similar ERP solutions.
• Exposure to information systems implementations a plus.
• Ability to leverage advanced Microsoft Excel functions to streamline processes.
• Soft Skills: Comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Commitment to execute against goals
• Highly organized
• Detail Oriented
• Strong oral and written capabilities
• Other: Travel – annually participate in our Shadow a Manager program at local retail stores. Potential to attend annual software training

About EG America

At EG America, it’s important that our employees reflect the world we live in and the communities we serve. We celebrate our differences, so your unique background and skillset could bring a wonderful new perspective to our team. If you have a passion for delivering exceptional results, thrive in a fast-paced corporate environment, and bring experience in business management or related areas, we'd love to meet you - even if you don't meet every single requirement.

Consistent with Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law, we’re sharing the base salary range for this position. Final pay within this range will be based on your skills, experience, and qualifications.

Base pay represents just one part of our total rewards approach. We’re proud to offer a variety of financial and non-financial benefits that invest in your overall growth, well-being, and career journey.