Accounting Senior Specialist

The Accounting Senior Specialist at Honda is responsible for supporting North America consolidation, technical accounting, and financial reporting activities. Key duties include preparing financial statements, consolidating journal entries, analysing reconciliations, and ensuring compliance with IFRS and U.S. GAAP. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with at least 8 years of progressive accounting and financial compliance experience, including 4+ years in public accounting. Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills are essential, as is proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with SOX controls, IT tools, and cross-functional collaboration is highly valued. CPA or equivalent credential is strongly preferred. The position is based in an office environment with regular use of financial systems and occasional travel.

The Accounting Senior Specialist at Honda plays a pivotal role in supporting North America consolidation, technical accounting, and financial reporting activities. This position is responsible for preparing accurate financial statement analyses, consolidated journal entries, and process improvements, while ensuring compliance with IFRS and U.S. GAAP. The role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders, leading projects, and maintaining SOX controls. Honda offers a competitive base salary, paid overtime, regional bonuses, industry-leading benefits, paid time off, 401K with company match, relocation assistance, and various wellbeing and support programmes. The company values diversity, continuous improvement, and career growth, providing opportunities for advancement and professional development.

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

Support North America consolidation, technical accounting, and financial reporting activities by preparing accurate financial statements analyses, consolidated journal entries, process improvement, problem solving, assisting researching and documenting IFRS and U.S. GAAP accounting matters, and coordinating with internal stakeholders to promote consistent, compliant reporting across NA Honda entities.

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare and support NA financial close and consolidation activities, including reporting schedules, preparing deliverables, intercompany/non-core transaction analysis, variance explanations, reconciliations, consolidated JE; own assigned workstreams and reporting areas for NA entities; perform and maintain relevant SOX controls.
• Actively contribute to process, control, template, and reporting improvements; maintain & update consolidation reporting manual & reference materials and provide peer support as directed and noted.
• Participate and lead projects to support department level and business level theme; be the contact for assigned entities to provide approved guidance, solution, and accounting conclusion; coordinate, drive execution and track progress with IT teams for IT implementation projects relating to assigned NA entities.
• Assist with audit, SOX compliance, and reporting requests by preparing evidence, responding to inquiries, tracking open items, and helping ensure HM Global Accounting Policy and/or accounting conclusions are consistently applied across NA entities.
• Actively research and apply latest IT tools to revamp reporting & close processes; demonstrate knowledge sharing within the team and increasing overall efficiency of the team.
• Research, analyze, and apply IFRS and U.S. GAAP properly; assist in draft accounting memos or PPT creation, gathering supporting workpapers for review by direct supervisor or senior technical accounting principal.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• CPA, CPA eligibility, or equivalent technical accounting credential/experience strongly preferred; CPA may be required based on final role approval.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting and financial compliance experience – public accounting and private industry experience combined, of which 4+ years spent in public accounting.
• Strong knowledge of automotive, manufacturing, multi-entity, or consumer markets industry accounting preferred.
• Experience with financial close, consolidation, financial reporting, reconciliations, technical accounting research, or audit support required.
• Involvement in business and/or finance implementation projects, working knowledge of IT lifecycle and implementation (leadership role – preferred).
• Experience coordinating with business partners, auditors, affiliates, subsidiaries, or a global parent company preferred.
• Experience with new IT technology tools, automation/financial system automation to drive efficiencies.
• Other Job-Specific
• A solid & strong working knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP with ability to research guidance, identify relevant facts, apply, and prepare clear analysis/memo for review.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail, accuracy, and deadlines.
• Ability to communicate accounting or reporting issues clearly with Finance, Tax, Legal, Business, audit stakeholders, and executives, and escalate matters appropriately.
• Experience in a SOX reporting environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency and solid PowerPoint/Word skills; ability to build schedules, analyses, and create concise presentations or workpapers.
• Service mindset, business acumen, confidentiality, sound judgment, and ability to manage multiple priorities during close, audit, and project cycles.
• Effective written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational skill with ability to work collaboratively and effectively with cross-functional teams that hold divergent views to accomplish the goals.

Job Dimensions

Decisions Expected

Working Conditions

• Office/professional environment; regular use of computer, Microsoft Office applications, collaboration tools, and financial reporting systems.
• Requires focus, confidentiality, and accuracy during monthly/quarterly close, year-end reporting, audits, accounting-standard implementation, and special-project deadlines; overtime during peak periods (especially quarter-close and year-end).
• Travel approximately 0-5% for meetings, project support, audit/business reviews, or coordination with NA entities and partners.

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development Programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing and supporting North America financial close and consolidation activities, including reporting schedules, deliverables, intercompany/non-core transaction analysis, variance explanations, reconciliations, and consolidated journal entries.
• Take ownership of assigned workstreams and reporting areas for North America entities, ensuring accurate and timely completion.
• Deliver high-quality process, control, template, and reporting improvements, and maintain and update consolidation reporting manuals and reference materials.
• Lead efforts to participate and manage projects supporting department-level and business-level themes, providing approved guidance, solutions, and accounting conclusions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to coordinate and drive execution of IT implementation projects related to North America entities.
• Assist with audit, SOX compliance, and reporting requests by preparing evidence, responding to inquiries, tracking open items, and ensuring consistent application of accounting policies.
• Help drive innovation in reporting and close processes by researching, analysing, and applying IT tools to improve efficiency.
• Research, analyse, and apply IFRS and U.S. GAAP properly, and assist in drafting accounting memos or presentations, gathering supporting workpapers.
• Play a key role in supporting internal stakeholders by communicating accounting or reporting issues clearly and escalating matters appropriately.

Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in accounting and financial compliance, including public accounting and private industry roles, with at least 8 years of progressive experience.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP, with the ability to research guidance, identify relevant facts, and prepare clear analysis or memos.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with the ability to build schedules, analyses, and create concise presentations or workpapers.
• Experience with financial close, consolidation, financial reporting, reconciliations, technical accounting research, or audit support.
• Familiarity with IT lifecycle and implementation, with leadership experience preferred.
• Experience coordinating with business partners, auditors, affiliates, subsidiaries, or global parent companies is preferred.
• Ability to communicate accounting or reporting issues clearly with finance, tax, legal, business, audit stakeholders, and executives.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail, accuracy, and deadlines.
• Experience in a SOX reporting environment and with new IT technology tools, automation, and financial system automation to drive efficiencies.

Education:

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
• CPA, CPA eligibility, or equivalent technical accounting credential/experience is strongly preferred.
• CPA may be required based on final role approval.