Senior Accountant

Manufacturing organization seeking a Senior Accountant or Inventory Accountant. 

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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