What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Resource Label Group?
Resource Label Group, LLC (RLG) is a leading full-service provider of label and packaging solutions with a diverse product offering which includes pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, RFID/NFC technology, sustainable product solutions, scent activation technology, pharmaceutical packaging and fulfillment services. Resource Label provides products and services for the food, beverage, chemical, household products, personal care, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, medical device, and technology industries. With locations across the U.S. and Canada, RLG provides national leadership and scale to deliver capabilities, technologies, systems, and creative solutions that customers require.
Position Overview
The Staff Accountant plays a critical role in supporting the financial integrity and operational visibility of a multi-site manufacturing region. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, strengthening internal controls, and driving process improvements across locations.
This role goes beyond traditional accounting. The Staff Accountant will partner closely with site finance teams, operations leadership, and corporate accounting to improve reporting accuracy, streamline processes, and provide meaningful financial insight that supports business decisions. The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting skills with a proactive, systems-oriented mindset and a continuous improvement approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead month-end close processes for assigned sites, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet analyses
- Partner with site teams to improve inventory accounting accuracy, cost tracking, and variance analysis
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls and compliance with corporate accounting policies
- Assist with CapEx tracking, fixed asset accounting, and depreciation schedules
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Customer Service, Sales, and FP&A to improve data integrity and reporting processes
- Support external audits and internal audit requests
- Identify and implement process improvements, leveraging ERP and BI tools
- Contribute to special projects including system enhancements, reporting automation, and integration initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
- CPA or CMA preferred but not required
- Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience, including direct experience in manufacturing operations.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP accounting principles
- Experience preparing and analyzing general ledger account reconciliations
- Experience with intercompany transactions and reconciliation of same
- Thorough understanding of financial application security ensuring that all financial data is secure and complies with confidentiality policies
- Must possess excellent type written, written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience using ERP systems, including AP, AR, GL, inventory, payroll and fixed asset modules
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills, including the use of pivot tables, v lookups and other related analytical tools found within Excel
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Established skills in accuracy, organization, meeting deadlines and working in a high-volume environment
- Experience in label printing, packaging, or manufacturing environments a plus
- Lean or continuous improvement exposure desirable
Why work with us? Take a look at all we have to offer!
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Comprehensive and Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
- Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance
- Additional Benefits -- Long-Term Disability, Supplemental Life, Accident and Critical Illness Coverage Plans
- Excellent 401(k) retirement plan with generous company contribution
- We pride ourselves in investing in our employees by offering onsite training and the ability to have unlimited growth
- potential within our organization
- We believe in rewarding our employees with performance-based salary increases
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