General Accountant

Overview

The General Accountant is primarily responsible for completing general accounting functions while playing a crucial role in maintaining the financial health and integrity of the organization. This position, reporting to the Senior Accountant, requires attention to detail, an understanding of accounting principles, and a proactive approach to financial management.

Responsibilities

Ledger Analysis

· Reconciles Credit Card account.

· Assists associates with Credit Card web portal for coding of charges.

 

Fixed Assets

· Maintains and balances fixed asset listings on a monthly basis.

· Records depreciation expense.

· Records additions and dispositions as required.

 

Sales Tax

· Files and pays sales tax returns to various state agencies.

· Verifies all tax-exempt forms for customers are on file.

 

Rebates

· Processes monthly rebates filed by customers.

· Assists in month end rebate accruals.

 

Miscellaneous

· Facilitates quarterly cycle counts of inventory.

· Performs international freight analysis.

· Assists with year-end fiscal audit support procedures.

· Participates and works within ISO 9001 quality standards guidelines in accordance with Contec’s quality goals.

· Facilitates quarterly cycle counts of inventory.

· Performs international freight analysis.

· Assists with year-end fiscal audit support procedures.

· Participates and works within ISO 9001 quality standards guidelines in accordance with Contec’s quality goals.

 

Others may be assigned.

Competencies

To be successful in their essential duties, the individual is also expected to have general knowledge of and stay current in developments in the following areas:

Problem Solving: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

 

Total Work Systems: Is dedicated to providing organization or enterprise-wide common systems for designing and measuring work processes.

Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Time Management: Planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity.

Collaboration: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.

Learning Agility: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as seeds for future learning.

Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.

Supports Core Values: Able to demonstrate support and adherence to Contec’s core values: respect for others, doing “whatever it takes” within Contec’s core values, vision, and strategic direction, exhibiting integrity, having a tolerance for risk, understanding there is life outside of work, enjoying the ride.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S.) in Accounting from four-year College or university; one (1) to three (3) years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

· Proficiency with Microsoft Office, with advanced level of skill in working with Excel (Pivot tables, Macros, Involved Formulas, etc.), is required.

· Experience working within large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and database systems, along with a strong working knowledge of their use, is required.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in a climate-controlled office environment where the noise level is generally moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to communicate and convey information, and to be in a stationary position. The associate is occasionally required to move or traverse; prepare, inspect, observe, or detect physical and visual characteristics of raw materials, products, and processes; position objects and items. The associate must occasionally move or transport up to 10 pounds.