Senior Accountant

The NAIP Senior Accountant, reports to the NAIP Accounting Manager and will be a key member of the NAIP Accounting team and work in collaboration with the NAIP Plant Managers and NAIP finance team. Candidate must be a self-starter, adept at communicating with multiple levels of an organization, and have the ability to build trust, influence, and work with teams cross functionally.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare JEs to accrue any unrecorded revenue or cost items; accruals, handle special plant events accounting - e.g. closures, start-ups, insurance claims etc.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for “plant-controlled” balance sheet accounts per company policy
• Produce accurate monthly BS & P&L’s for the plants in accordance with GAAP
• Establish, communicate, and track plant closing calendar
• Lead monthly review meetings of plant P&L's
• Support inter/intra company reconciliations 
• Liaise with FP&A and finance team members
• Explain variance fluctuations in plants P&L’s
• Provide accounting guidance to plant managers for invoice coding
• Ad-hoc analytics for responsible sites’ BS & P&L’s
• Track and report progress of assigned projects
• Lead effective communication, coordination and cooperation amongst the project team and between other company functions or business unit leaders.
• Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders across the company.

Requirements

• Accounting degree
• experience with accounting Close Process
• 5+ years of accounting experience, including month end close for Accruals, prepaid, inventory
• Comfortable working in a Fast-Paced Environment
• Large ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics SL a plus)
• Strong Excel skills a must
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Dispute resolution and claims management experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills