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Sr. Accounting Associate | Prudential Financial | Newark, NJ Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit http://www.prudential.com. The accounting associate will be part of the GAAP Consolidation Unit of the External Financial Reporting group. The unit is responsible for the GAAP consolidated Financial Statements of Prudential Financial and its subsidiaries. The Unit supports both internal and external reporting requirements by coordinating the consolidations of financial statements by profit centers, segments and total enterprise. The successful candidate will be responsible for GAAP financial reporting and analysis on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Specific responsibilities may include: Reviewing subsidiary profit center/segment results Preparing enterprise footnote disclosures Preparing enterprise consolidating journals Ensure proper elimination of affiliated balances Work with business groups, SEC Reporting and Accounting Policy on accounting and reporting issues Preparing various quarterly requests Assisting in special projects involving enterprise initiatives JOB REQUIREMENTS: Accounting degree required Strong PC skills including proficiency in excel Knowledge of GAAP consolidation processes is preferred Knowledge of PFAP and the GAAP tool is a plus Strong communication skills Ability to prioritize tasks and capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously Motivated, team player that is detail oriented Other: Overtime will be required during peak periods. The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark, New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce. Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals. To apply for this position, please copy and paste the following link into your browser address bar: http://prudential.contacthr.com/11303053 or submit your resume and salary requirements through our homepage at https://jobs.prudential.com/apply_online_1.asp?jobid=1327122