General Ledger Accountant

ABOUT THE JOB

The General Ledger Accountant has a broad range of corporate accounting responsibilities, including account analysis and reconciliations, monthly journal entries, daily treasury function, preparation and filing of sales and use tax returns, and assistance with audits. The General Ledger Accountant will document and update policies and procedures for areas of responsibility, resolve accounting discrepancies, and cross-train with the General Ledger Accounting team. Responsibilities also include special projects.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare accounting analysis, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Treasury support functions including daily cash reconciliation, positive pay, and borrowing administration.
• Prepare and file sales and use tax returns for multiple jurisdictions, including state, local, and Canadian jurisdictions; file amendments as needed.
• Maintain knowledge of sales and use tax rules and provide guidance on sales and use tax issues to others in the organization.
• Responsibility for management of sales and use tax audits by government entities, and of sales and use tax consultants retained by the Company.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Provide assistance with the external financial audit and internal audits.
• Support the Company’s financial reporting function, including preparation of financial disclosure schedules.
• Support income tax provision and compliance preparation and filing process, including preparation of certain schedules.
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with Company policies and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Document policies, procedures and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Maintain and update internal control procedures for areas.
• Lead special projects as assigned.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Back-up responsibility for fixed asset accounting performed by the Senior Asset Accountant position.
• Other duties as assigned by the Accounting Manager.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS

Types of interactions are in-person discussions and meetings, phone calls, and emails. Daily interaction with other members of the Finance department. Moderate interaction with staff in other corporate departments, and staff at plant locations. Occasional interaction with external auditors, representatives of taxing jurisdictions, and bank representatives. Interaction typically relates to accounting transactions, of moderate complexity.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Strong grasp of GAAP and technical accounting experience obtained through either audit or industry experience.
• Familiarity with internal controls.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task, monitor workflow to meet critical deadlines and project timetables, and adjust priorities.
• Highly detail oriented and efficient; seeks to continuously build efficiencies in work flows.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Highly proficient in Excel.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Able to work on complex tasks independently, and in a team environment.
• Able to clearly and concisely document workflows into a supportable work product.
• A positive attitude and desire to contribute to the success of the Company.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS in Accounting or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience required.
• Accounting experience with a manufacturing company considered a plus.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work at a computer for long periods.
• Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may require working outside of standard office hours, weekend or evening work, and travel outside to field locations to complete essential duties of this job.
• Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle or to have transportation available to accomplish essential job duties and related travel.
• Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 10 pounds.
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment.
• The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands 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.

• Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.
• Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Activity

• Over 2/3 of the time
  • Standing/Sitting: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
  • Lifting: Raining objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position.
• Up to 2/3 of the time
  • Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to operate a mouse, phone, computer, and other office machines.
  • Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
  • Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.
  • Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
  • Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse.
• Less than 1/3 of the time
  • Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to file documents and open lower drawers.
  • Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
  • Traversing: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects, including the human body

Visual Acuity

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; and visual inspection involving small defects at distances close to the eyes.

• Up to 2/3 of the time
  • Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
  • Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors).
• Less than 1/3 of the time
  • Distance vision (clear feet at 20 feet or more)
  • Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
  • Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
  • Ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

Weather Conditions

The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (as in typical office or administrative work).

• For over 2/3 of the time
  • The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

Noise Levels

• Over 2/3 of the time
  • Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)