Senior Staff Accountant

Hybrid Role

Job Summary:

As the Senior Staff Accountant, your responsibilities include daily general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliation, audit, and tax support for the manufacturing plants. Using your strong listening skills, you assess and understand business needs while communicating and interacting to build relationships with the Finance team as well as members of the leadership team. Your ability to influence and mentor other finance team members facilitates the identification of areas for improvement and allows suggested development and best practices. Overall, you are comfortable prioritizing tasks and managing deadlines to help meet organizational goals and objectives. In all you do, you maintain a commitment to integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This is a non-supervisory position.

Job Responsibilities:

General

• Support and guide the preparation of journal entries, post journal entries, and complete cash and bank reconciliations monthly.

• Maintain monthly account analysis and reconciliation of balance sheet general ledger accounts for multiple legal entities.

• This position is heavily involved with the month end, and cyclical closing periods including the year-end audit.

• Provide support by pulling documents / support and answering questions for the annual audit.

• Analyze variances and exceptions within balance sheet accounts and steps to resolve and escalate; offer ideas for resolution to correct exceptions and prevent recurrence of issues going forward. Recognize any potential overstatements on assets or understatements on liabilities.

• Assist in identifying and implementing best practices related to internal controls along with documenting policies, procedures, and workflow within the scope of the role.

• Assist Accounts Payable team with guidance and assisting with invoice resolution and information.

• Provide Tax support regarding apportionment / Income Tax payments.

• Assist management on special projects and other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Strong technical accounting and financial acumen along with problem identification, analytical and resolution skills.

• Proficiency with ERP software required.

• Advanced Excel skills in addition to experience with other Microsoft Office applications.

• Must have a high-level of organization, a positive attitude, self-motivation and an energetic approach.

• ASC 842 and lease accounting
• Depreciation/amortization
• Analytical problem solving

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business required.

• 3 years professional experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Must be a self-starter and be able to produce results with limited supervision.

Physical Requirements:

• Sit for extended periods of time