Accountant ERP Systems Administrator

We are seeking an experienced Accountant / ERP Systems Administrator to join an established industrial organization in Long Beach, Mississippi. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys digging into the numbers, identifying the root cause of discrepancies, and working with ERP systems in a manufacturing or industrial environment.

About the Role

Reporting directly to the President, this position is approximately 80% accounting and financial operations and 20% ERP systems administration. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with inventory control, work-in-process (WIP), general ledger reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and ERP-driven accounting processes. The company is currently in the early stages of going live with the complete Spring Point Industrial software suite, making this an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys improving processes and helping an organization maximize its ERP capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Accounting & Financial Operations – Approximately 80%
• Manage day-to-day accounting activities and maintain accurate financial records in accordance with GAAP.
• Perform general ledger accounting, journal entries, banking activity, and account reconciliations.
• Lead month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow analyses.
• Manage accounting for inventory, raw materials, parts, and work-in-process (WIP).
• Reconcile A/P and A/R aging schedules, company credit cards, bank accounts, and general ledger accounts.
• Investigate discrepancies and determine whether issues originate within accounting processes, inventory transactions, job costing, or the ERP system.
• Develop financial, operational, inventory, and job-profitability reporting.
• Maintain fixed-asset schedules and depreciation.
• Prepare sales and use tax filings, annual 1099 information, and supporting documentation for audits.
• Assist leadership with financial analysis and data-driven decision-making.
• ERP Systems Administration – Approximately 20%
• Serve as the internal accounting resource for the company's Spring Point Industrial ERP implementation and ongoing administration.
• Help ensure accurate integration between operational/shop-floor activity, inventory, WIP, job costing, and the general ledger.
• Research ERP-related accounting discrepancies and identify the underlying transactional or system cause.
• Assist employees with system workflows, data-entry issues, and troubleshooting.
• Maintain dashboards, custom fields, reporting tools, and approval workflows.
• Help improve ERP processes and internal controls as the organization continues implementation.
• Coordinate with outside software support providers on system updates, testing, troubleshooting, and enhancements.
• Help ensure ERP data remains accurate, timely, and useful for financial reporting and operational decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, MIS, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with inventory accounting and WIP is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, distribution, service/repair, or job-costing environment is strongly preferred.
• At least 2 years of experience working with an ERP/accounting system; experience with industrial or job-costing ERP platforms is especially valuable.
• Ability to investigate a financial discrepancy and determine the ERP or transactional reason behind the issue, rather than simply making a correcting journal entry.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Power Query, and financial modeling.
• Strong financial statement preparation and presentation skills.
• Comfortable learning new technology and helping other employees utilize ERP systems effectively.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and capable of working independently.

Required Skills

• Strong accounting fundamentals with systems aptitude.
• Comfortable reconciling the general ledger while also digging into the ERP system to understand why something doesn’t reconcile.
• Understanding of how purchasing, inventory, WIP, job costing, operations, and accounting ultimately flow through the financial statements.
• Comfortable working in a smaller, entrepreneurial organization where people occasionally step outside their formal job descriptions to help the business succeed.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with industrial or job-costing ERP platforms.

Pay range and compensation package

Base Salary: $75,000–$85,000, depending on experience.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.