Sr Accountant

Job Title : Senior Accountant
Department : Administration
Reports to : Accounting manager / Controller
FLSA : Exempt

Summary:
Support various aspects of Finance and Accounting through ensuring compliance with applicable standards, rules, regulations and systems of internal control while conforming to established policies of the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Comply with all environmental, health, safety and quality standards.
• Initiate or suggest ideas for cost control for all departments based on financial data and support continuous improvement efforts in all areas including quality and environmental, health and safety.
• Prepare asset, liability and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information
• Cost accounting for the department
• Document financial transactions by entering account information
• Assist in the preparation of financial reports such as financial statements and budget performance
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards (i.e. GAAP, FASB, JSOX), rules, regulations, and systems of internal control
• Complete compliance requirements for Tax deadlines and Government Questionnaires
• Secure financial information by completing database backups
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile transactions
• Provide accurate, timely, and relevant recording, reporting, and analysis of financial information
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information
• Identify areas for improvement and implement improvements to processes
• Ensure control of confidential information
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, and 5-10 years of accounting/finance experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Demonstrate intermediate to advanced skills and knowledge of Excel, as well as other Microsoft Office applications
• ERP system experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with accounting software
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively across the organization
• Thorough knowledge of general ledger accounting and account reconciliation
• Highly detail-oriented
• Ability to travel occasionally
• Employee must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions:

(a). can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes;
(b). perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, persuading or speaking with others;
(c). respond appropriately to criticism from a supervisor

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• Constantly required to sit, stand, talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to walk.
• Occasionally required to balance or stoop.
• Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision including concentrated vision for long periods of time, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

• Minimum exposure to plant environment.
• Exposure to low noise levels in office environment.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the

Important Details

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to r ace, r eligion, color s ex, national origin, citizenship status, age, s exual orientation, gender identity, marital status, uniform service member status, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. This practice extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms and conditions of employment.