Essential Responsibilities:

1. Performs the GL Accounting, recording journal entries, in an accurate, well documented, and timely manner. This includes both during closing, and throughout the accounting period. General accounting entries will include payroll, expense reports, and specific entries at management request.
2. Review and post journal entries, as presented by other accounting team members. This includes verifying the date and fiscal period, checking the account numbers, confirming consistent journal entry numbering and presentation, evaluating the necessity for reversals, validating and posting the entries, then providing objective evidence of such.
3. Take on responsibility for cost accounting entries, including standard costing, rolling of standards, and all other inventory related record keeping.
4. Undertake custody of the fixed asset, depreciation, and lease accounting activity, with a focus on enhancing tracking and reporting of capital projects throughout their life cycle.
5. Record cost of production entries for materials, labor, and overhead. Calculate and record activity for productivity incentives shared with partners, and warranty accruals for contingent liability exposure.
6. Provide internal and external financial reporting for the Company, both regular and ad hoc reports, coordinating with managers, executives, FP&A, and Treasury.
7. Execute monthly accounting closing schedule, recording journal entries in a timely manner, often during the month as soon as practical. Advise management of operating results and exceptions as observed during the closing process, resulting in accurate financial statements for management and ownership.
8. Serve as first point of contact for the business, to pull transactional and account level data from the ledger system, for a wide variety of research and reporting purposes.
9. Conduct research as requested by management and external auditors, to supply data for the preparation of the official annual audited financial report.
10. Assemble transactional backup and responses with external compliance authorities, including Sales and Use Tax audits, and government surveys as required by law.

Education & Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related field required
2. Proficient computer skills including ten-key, Excel, and Power Point

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

1. Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
2. Knowledge of automated financial accounting reporting systems.
3. Working knowledge of short- and long-term budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis.
4. Communicate effectively with senior and executive leadership.
5. Recording and analysis of financial data.
6. Preparation of journal entries, account analyses/reconciliations, financial reports, statements, and projections.
7. Familiarity with LeaseCrunch software, plus ASC 842 lease standards for Right of Use Assets.
8. Sage FAS software for Fixed Asset management.
9. Systems automation experience with tools such as Visual Basic or Alteryx, for existing routinized processes, and processes that can readily be standardized.
10. Report writing in Microsoft Dynamics AX and Infor General Ledger systems.