Senior Accountant

Job Description

Active role in month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing procedures, including preparing Journal Entries, general ledger analysis, variance explanations, and other accounting related processes

Prepare monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance

Prepare monthly operational reports explaining material, labor and overhead efficiency and productivity costs in comparison to plan

Develop and maintain the financial cost reports necessary to fully explain standard and gross margin analyses and the variances to planned results

Monitor and explain all manufacturing cost aspects including material, labor and overhead, price-volume-mix analyses as well as efficiency, productivity and spend variances.

Work with the Logistics Team and IT to understand current reporting metrics, develop improved reports and fully understand inventory transactions as relates to the general ledger

Acts as the finance lead for annual physical inventory and monthly cycle counts; work with the operational resources responsible for these processes to assure timely and accurate financial reporting implications

Lead the annual standard cost development and roll of same

Prepare and maintain standard adjusting journal entries with related support as relates to operational cost accounting and monthly inventory book to perpetual

Assist in the preparation of year-end audit PBCs

Assist Accounting, Finance, and Operations with ad-hoc requests and analytical projects

Provide support in development of annual budget

Continuously search for process improvement to increase efficiencies

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

Ability to work independently and as part of the team

Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word & Excel)

Experience using Oracle Fusion, NetSuite, Ship Compliant and Avalara (nice to have but not crucial)

Must be able to multi-task, prioritize and work quickly/accurately under pressure

Should be organized, goal oriented, energetic, team player and responsive

Ability to quickly, strategically, and decisively take action in fast-changing, unpredictable situations

Ability to plan and meet deadlines