Are you an experienced senior level accountant with an entrepreneurial spirit who enjoys charting new paths and establishing new processes? Are you bored with doing the same thing everyday and energized by tackling new challenges? Are you someone who can take a project and run with it, but also appreciates a team environment focused on working together toward common goals? If so, Mercer Zimmerman, a leading Midwest lighting sales representative agency, would like talk with you about joining us as a Senior Accountant supporting MZ and our affiliated companies, centered around the lighting industry - from manufacturing to sales & service.

What you'd be doing...

• Participating in the monthly financial close process, including preparation of journal entries and reconciling balance sheet accounts
• Analyzing financial statements to understand trends in the business and ensure accuracy of reported results
• Supporting an environment of continuous improvement and helping implement automation to improve efficiency
• Coordinating accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting/HR team or with other departments
• Assisting the Director of Accounting and Finance with valuation and due diligence process for acquisitions
• Preparing purchase accounting entries
• Managing integration activities for acquisitions
• Assisting with preparation of financial reports to third parties
• Assisting with preparation of tax workpapers for third party CPA firm
• Assisting with annual 401k audits
• Preparing government census reporting
• Filing sales tax returns in multiple jurisdictions and researching sales tax issues as needed

Our Criteria...

Education and Experience:

 3 years of experience in accounting, preferably with small to mid-size public accounting firms allowing for breadth of knowledge and skills

• Experience in construction or manufacturing industry accounting a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting 
• A CPA is not required for this role.

Requirements, Skills and Abilities:

 Must have a solid understanding of accounting principles for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

• Must have basic sales tax knowledge.
• Must have experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close procedures.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel.
• Must have a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Must be highly organized and able to complete tasks on a timely basis and with minimal supervision.
• Must have a proven ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast paced environment and interface well with staff and customers.

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Quickbooks Online experience
• Experience with ERP systems 
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, sum if, v-lookup, etc.)
• Understanding of large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, SQL)

We look forward to hearing from you!

NOTE: To be considered for employment by Mercer Zimmerman, candidates are asked to complete a short two question survey called the Culture Index. Please use the following link to access the survey: https://go.cultureindex.com/s/7709E30000