# Principal Accountant - External Reporting

Do your Best Work in Mooresville This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up - we invest in you so you can find your inspiration. Your Impact The primary purpose of this role is to capture complex transactions in accounting records and resolve issues to enable accurate reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. This includes responsibility for conducting effective research, managing, tracking, and reporting for accounting transactions to ensure accurate recording in accounting records. In addition, this role executes and designs continuous improvement of internal controls over financial reporting, by working independently to apply experienced accounting judgment and advanced knowledge of GAAP and regulatory requirements in daily activity. The Principal Accountant - External Reporting is responsible for preparing monthly financial statements and initiating monthly close activities including the accounting for share-based payment expense and the preparation of monthly journal entries. This i

- **Id**: 4037260
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lowes-principal-accountant-external-reporting>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Mooresville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T20:56:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T06:26:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5598
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Retail & Shop Systems, Tools & DIY Supplies, Kitchens, Bathrooms & Home Improvement

## Company

- **Id**: 1753694
- **Name**: Lowe's
- **Domain**: lowes.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lowes-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 4
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T20:56:33Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 4
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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