Accountant, General Accounting – Fixed Assets and Software Capitalization

Job Description

Accountant I | Avery Dennison

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Avery Dennison, though the primary work location is not specified, it involves approximately one week of monthly travel. Avery Dennison Corporation is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that designs and develops labeling and functional materials, RFID inlays and tags, and software applications. This role is crucial for managing end-to-end accounting operations across fixed assets, capitalized software month-end close reporting, and SOX compliance, ensuring the integrity of financial data.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Location: Travel required approximately one week per month

• Mission: Responsible for end-to-end accounting operations across fixed assets, capitalized software month-end close reporting, and SOX compliance.
• Tech Stack: Sage, Oracle HFM / FCCS, Prophix, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage Fixed Asset Operations: Oversee corporate and site fixed asset accounting, ensuring timely recording of additions, transfers, and disposals, and coordinating asset activity with site managers and operational leaders.
• Reconcile Fixed Asset Accounts: Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for fixed asset accounts, review AP invoices to validate capitalization criteria, and maintain compliance with corporate Fixed Asset policies.
• Manage Software Capitalization: Manage monthly Software in Progress (SIP) calculations, prepare Day 1 journal entries, track software development milestones for capitalization and amortization, and reconcile project balances against AFEs.
• Execute Month-End Close: Execute core month-end close procedures, including preparing and posting closing journal entries, completing statistical files and corporate schedules, and generating the monthly Trial Balance.
• Support Internal Controls and Audit: Execute key internal controls, including IPE testing, serve as a key point of contact for internal and external audit requests, and partner cross-functionally to resolve reconciling items.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience: 1–2 years of progressive general ledger and general accounting experience in a mid-to-large corporate environment, with experience in SOX 404 compliance.
• Skills: Strong working knowledge of US GAAP (specifically Fixed Assets, ASC 360, and Software Capitalization / ASC 350-40), experience with mid-to-tier-1 ERP systems and financial consolidation/reporting tools, and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets.
• Bonus: Demonstrated ability to manage multi-day close calendars and hit strict reporting deadlines, skilled at collaborating with non-financial site managers and external service teams, and high ownership in problem-solving variances and streamlining processes.