Job Description

Job Description

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You’ll be joining the North America Controlling team, a group that’s collaborative, diverse, and passionate about making an impact. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Inventory Accounting and collaborating closely with teams across Global and NA Controlling, Finance, Operations, and Planning, you’ll help ensure monthly and quarterly close activities run smoothly and that our financial statements are accurate and reliable. You’ll partner with Finance Governance & Controls to improve best practices and strengthen the Inventory Accounting control environment. You’ll also collaborate with external auditors to meet interim and year-end audit requirements, making sure everything is compliant and on track.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re seeking a Senior Accountant to join NIKE’s North America Inventory Accounting team—a role that drives accuracy, compliance, and operational excellence. You'll play a key role in the monthly and quarterly close processes for the North America Geography and serve as a trusted business partner. We’re seeking a proactive, highly organized individual who will support initiatives to execute and improve processes, controls and policies. You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, bringing strong problem-solving skills, and a mindset rooted in continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in public accounting, corporate accounting, technical accounting or operational excellence, within a large, complex, multinational corporation and/or Public Accounting firm.
• Understanding and experience with US GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Proficiency with SAP ERP, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint systems is a plus.
• Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships across teams, functions, and layers, preferably within a large complex corporation.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and managing multiple, competing priorities and requests, while maintaining high standards for quality and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate status, issues, and risks with senior leadership.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Your work will directly contribute to informed business decisions, process excellence, robust financial controls, and the accuracy of financial statements related to NA Inventory and Supply Chain. While mastering and executing the fundamentals will be critical, your ability to operate in a dynamic environment, work effectively and build trust with a variety of internal stakeholders will also be crucial. Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring timely and accurate month-end close processes, including preparing journal entries, reporting, and analytic reviews data to help inform management’s decisions
• Ensure policy and process governance with controls.
• Supporting key Controlling initiatives, including new system implementations, projects, process improvements, and standardization.
• Drive continuous improvement through collaboration with our managed service provider, finance and business partners to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness of accounting processes and financial reporting.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

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