Manufacturing organization seeking a Senior Accountant or Inventory Accountant.
***If the candidate does not have cost/inventory experience this company is willing to train and develop.
Candidates are encouraged to apply!
Location: Greater Hartford, CT
Compensation:90,000-95,000 plus bonus
Core Duties and Responsibilities:
- Updates and maintains records for the labor and overhead rates, and bills of materials and routings to ensure product costs are accurate and accounted for properly
- Audits bills of materials and routings ensure bill of material and costing accurately reflect production operations and perform time studies
- Ensures timely and accurate input of price changes
- Ensures the accuracy of inventory and reported results and assists with the inventory cycle counts
- Calculates and maintains the inventory reserves files
- Reviews labor reporting and costs, material costs, manufacturing overheard, freight costs, and returns
- Maintains accurate cost accounting records correcting any errors and discrepancies as required each month by performing analysis, taking corrective actions, and/or making recommendations to management
- Ensures that all financial transactions, transmissions, and reporting are completed on a timely basis and are accurate
- Assists with benchmarking, key performance indicators, dash boards for measuring financial and operating performance, and with complex decision-making initiatives
- Supports management on plant production and costing issues, provides recap with actions to be taken, and assists with operations meetings as necessary
- Assists with documentation, procedures and other workflows, analyzing purchasing contracts costs components, analyzing costs initiatives and cost efficiencies, and with the yearend inventory physical counts
- Updates and maintains the tooling amortization files and monthly journal entries
- Ensures adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls
- Helps prepare forecasts, annual and strategic plans, pro forma, and other financial scenarios
- Supports monthly and yearend close, yearend audit, journal entries, account analysis, and reconciliations including intercompany
- Performs special projects
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Minimum Required Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills & Ability:
- Comprehensive knowledge of accounting in a manufacturing environment
- Advanced knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the ability to stay current with changes in GAAP
- Knowledge of financial statement preparation
- Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Proficiency in Excel skills, including v-lookup, index/match, pivot tables, sorting, filtering, and formatting
- Analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to research technical accounting issues
- Effective interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Excellent attention to detail skills with the ability to execute accurate transactions
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
Education / Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent experience
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience
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