Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager assists in the accounting and analysis of Company performance and treasury, assists in the accumulation, processing, and interpretation of information necessary for the preparation of accurate, timely and relevant internal and external financial statements. The Accounting Manager works with others to facilitate continuous improvement and to support Company initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Management

• Manages the accounting staff who are responsible for financial reporting.
• Recruits and hires accounting and financial staff and conducts performance evaluations.
• Collaborate with AP & Credit teams to manage and facilitate approvals.

Accounting & Finance

• Owner of the general ledger for the US and MX, ensuring reconciliations are completed by the team and that our financials are properly stated.
• Prepare journal entries and account analysis in conjunction with month end close.
• Responsible for ensuring the Company’s timely completion of account reconciliations across the organization; including preparation and review of more complex account reconciliation.
• Lead annual financial statement audit. Serve as main contact for annual physical inventory.
• Manage US & MX Intercompany transactions monthly ensuring each entity is in agreement.
• Serve as main contact for sales programs such as commissions & copper surcharges, calculating accruals and coordinate payouts.
• Participate in Finance and Continuous Improvement, Cost Savings, Profit Improvement, and Management by Fact projects.
• A driver of process improvement both in finance and the business. Always identifying ways to automate and streamline the close process and other work being done by the finance group.
• Support functional leaders through business partnership, ad-hoc reporting, and mutual ownership and preparation of respective annual budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Analyze and report on business unit expenses including variances compared to budget, prior year, and forecast.
• Assist in preparing monthly financial reporting packages and quarterly financial updates for the Executive Team and Board of Directors.
• Assist in the development and preparation of ad-hoc financial and business analysis.
• Assist in the development, maintenance and roll-out of finance policies and procedures to ensure proper internal control as well as compliance with US GAAP, various regulatory requirements, and internal company policies.
• Prepare and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly reports, as required.
• Research and application of technical US GAAP and other international requirements.
• Support development of financial schedules, analysis, and presentations.
• Prepare and submit annual reports, license registrations, 1099’s and other filings to ensure compliance with state and local regulatory compliance. Where applicable, coordinate with external service providers engaged to assist with these regulatory requirements.
• Other duties and projects, assigned.

Management Accounting

• Analyze and interpret financial and operational information to both support Company initiatives and to facilitate and execute changes resulting in continuous improvement.
• Assist in the preparation and maintenance of operating and capital expenditure budgets.
• Assist in the creation, revision and maintenance of inventory and cost accounting procedures and systems.

Treasury

• Administrator for JPM Access banking software.
• Coordinate recurring borrowings and interest payments with IEWC’s banking partners.
• Manage cash activity between intercompany partners, assist with intercompany trade settlements.
• Serve as a back-up for monthly bank reporting requirements.
• Participate in annual bank audit.
• Support worldwide intercompany finance structure and cash concentration/mobilization initiatives including recommendations for excess cash.
• Assist with treasury and other Continuous Improvement, Cost Savings, Profit Improvement projects; and
• Other treasury duties, as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and five plus years of progressively responsible related experience.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions using learned techniques and tools. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical and business information and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to understand and apply learned concepts.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and accomplish work to ensure deadlines are met.
• Strong analytical, planning and organization and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work in a Microsoft Windows environment, to work with your department’s business applications and with standard current computer applications.

*The above represents the essential job functions that you are assigned to perform in your job. If you are unable to perform these essential duties, please see Human Resources as IEWC may be able to provide reasonable accommodations against the ADA requirements.