Senior Accountant

Are you a numbers-driven professional who thrives on accuracy, insight, and impact? Join us as a Senior Accountant and help bring financial excellence to life-from balancing the books to shaping strategy. In this role, you'll post, reconcile, and analyze complex transactions, ensuring capital projects and cash management run seamlessly while partnering with leaders across the enterprise to interpret results, guide budget decisions, and strengthen compliance and efficiency. If you excel in navigating ambiguity, can pivot with ease, and want to be part of a team driving digital transformation, this is the opportunity for you! Enjoy weekly pay, comprehensive health benefits, and a 401(k) starting day one-whatever your career goals may be, let Mystic Lake Casino help get you there!

Job Overview: The Senior Accountant is responsible for preparing complex financial reports, performing detailed financial analysis and providing guidance and recommendations to operational leaders, completing month-end requirements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and completing advanced accounting tasks (i.e., GASB accounting, capitals, lease accounting).

Empower Your Future: The Work You'll Lead:

Accounting Transactions

• Posts, balances, and reconciles the general ledger and subsidiary accounts.
• Records and classifies complex/advanced accounting transactions including GASB accounting, capitals and lease accounting accurately.
• Assists department leadership in auditing and reconciliation as requested.
• Participates in month-end closing process, including preparing and adjusting journal entries and reconciling accounts.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Analyzes and compiles financial information relevant to the daily operation including ATM activity, cash management, fixed assets, depreciation, capital projects, inventories, coupon/comp tracking, tip reporting and CTR.
• Facilitates monthly budget variance process including researching and analyzing transactions, partnering with leaders to document variances/re-forecast and leads monthly variance meetings.
• Provides information and assistance and support in annual enterprise budgeting process.
• Partners with operations leaders to understand business practices and strategies and provides recommendations to maximize accounting practices.

Compliance & Internal Controls

• Stays current regarding operational and reporting capabilities in all financial software.
• Documents processes and procedures and makes recommendations to improve efficiency, timeliness and accuracy.
• In partnership with leadership, ensures departmental accounting practices are compliant to applicable standards and regulations.

Misc.

• Assists in gathering and preparing documentation and explanations for audit purposes.
• Provides onboarding for new leaders regarding finance processes and systems.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 5+ years of accounting experience OR 10+ years of accounting experience.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, FASB, and other laws and regulations pertaining to financial accounting.
• Experience with GASB 87 and GASB 96 preferred.
• Proficiency in navigating, utilizing and maximizing functionality of ERP systems. Oracle NetSuite experience preferred.
• Expert-level Excel skills and highly proficient in utilizing databases and creating presentations. SQL experience preferred.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong detail orientation and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrates a continuous improvement mindset.

Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits, and advancement opportunities at the SMSC Gaming Enterprise. Eligible Team Members are offered a comprehensive benefits package include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms and free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.

Who We Are: We're not just in the business of entertainment; we're in the business of crafting unforgettable experiences. We believe in the power of possibility, to unite and uplift, rallying around every triumph, big and small. At Mystic Lake and Little Six, every moment is a chance to be the experience.

Different backgrounds, different strengths, and different passions, we value the diversity that everyone brings to the table. Our values are a direct reflection of the diverse communities that we proudly serve, represent, and invest in. We invite you to the place to learn, grow, thrive and lead. Let's create moments that matter, celebrate diversity, and build a brighter future for all.

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