Plant Accountant

The Plant Accountant supports division management by providing accurate financial information, accounting oversight, and asset control for the plant. The position is responsible for managing key accounting functions, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, cost accounting, fixed assets, payroll, planning, budges, forecasts, and monthly reporting.

The role helps ensure strong financial controls, accurate reporting, compliance with corporate and divisional policies, and effective decision-making to support the best return on investment.

This position reports directly to the Division Controller and does not currently have direct reports, though supervisory responsibilities may be assigned at the division's discretion. The role works closely with plant departments and Division Accounting Department to meet accounting objectives and maintain compliance.

• Assist Division Management in making financial based decisions. 
• Provides local management with financial and statistical information to enable them to better control operations. Walk the floor
• Provide information to Division, Group and Corporate on a monthly basis and as requested. 
• Prepare or assist in the preparation of financial statements, reviews, budgets, forecasts, and analysis.
• Participate, coordinate and review month end and year end closings and governmental reports and forms submittal.
• Initiate all reports as required by divisional and corporate accounting on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Maintains Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Work with the IT Department to provide information for management decisions throughout the division.
• Ensure compliance with corporate objectives and systems for accounting, payables, receivables, payroll and inventory operations as applicable.
• Auditing physical inventories
• Maintaining accurate raw material and finished goods stockroom inventories as well as accurate work in process inventory.
• Maintaining the asset inventory records.
• Establish all inventory control procedures.
• Responsible for accounting distribution of obsolete and salvageable material.
• Responsible for all plant asset inventory controls.

• Bachelor’s in Accounting.
• 5-7 years of accounting experience .
• Sarbanes–Oxley experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, and Word).
• Certification or Advanced Degree Preferred.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Benefits

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Other benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
• Supplemental benefit program including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.

Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.  However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.
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