What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Accountant position at MHW?
Position Overview
The Junior Accountant is responsible for filing and paying various state tax and informational returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance in those states. This role requires a detail-oriented individual with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage a dynamic workload in a fast-paced environment.
Job Responsibilities
- File state informational returns
- File state tax returns and manage tax payments
- Handle general ledger postings
- Assist in assembling and organizing data required for state tax audits
- Respond promptly and professionally to state tax professionals to ensure compliant status
- Support Senior Financial Analyst with miscellaneous tax projects
- Support accounting department cross-functionally
Organizational Alignment
- Reports to Senior Financial Analyst
Qualifications
- Microsoft Office: Basic to Intermediate – Excel-heavy work with VBA/macros
- Years of Experience: 0-1 year
- ERP knowledge: Prior working experience with an ERP system is a plus
- School level – Degree level: Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting or other related.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and negotiation skills
Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions
- Primary office location – Manhasset
- Utilize technology (e.g., phone systems, computer hardware and software applications) to fulfill work requirements
Company Background
MHW reinvented how alcoholic beverages go to market in the United States and provides market-leading solutions for market access, sales fulfillment, and compliance management to producers and importers of alcoholic beverage globally. We have helped many of the most successful brands in alcohol enter and excel in the US market. And we are in growth mode to help the next generations of brands achieve outsized success in a highly competitive environment. MHW was named a Top Employee-Retention Company by Force Brands - Join us as we continue driving innovation and evolution in the beverage alcohol industry!
Salary : $48,000 - $53,000