Senior Staff Accountant

Pay range: 35-45/hr

• depending on experience
  
  

Sr. Staff Accountant will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day activities of the Finance Department. Includes a variety of highly sensitive and confidential accounting duties.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The essential functions of this position include, but are not necessarily limited to, those specifically identified in this description. The position and its essential functions may change over time and these changes may not necessarily be reflected in the position description. The Company may, at its sole discretion, add to, change, or expand the essential or marginal functions of this position.

Sr. Staff Accountant

Core Accounting & Close

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities
• Own complex journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications
• Perform and review balance sheet account reconciliations
• Analyze variances vs. budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal accounting policies
• Fixed assets and depreciation
• Revenue recognition and contract accounting
• Intercompany transactions and consolidations
  
  

Financial Reporting

• Assist with preparation of internal financial statements and management reports
• Support external financial reporting requirements
• Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for audits
• Coordinate with auditors and respond to audit requests
  
  

Process Ownership & Controls

• Maintain and improve internal controls (SOX, if applicable)
• Identify process inefficiencies and drive process improvements / automation
• Document accounting procedures and workflows
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data
  
  

Cross-Functional Support & Leadership

• Provide accounting guidance to non-finance stakeholders
• Work alongside with Division Finance and Technical Accounting
• Review work of junior accountant
• Provide training and informal supervision
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, MBA or CPA preferred
• 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications: Excel and Word
• ERP proficiency – bonus if experience with Sage
• Ability to effectively meet scheduled and ad-hoc project deadlines
• Demonstrated quick study, can work independently and self-starter competencies
• A team player committed to high standards of professionalism