Staff Accountant

Help keep the books for a company with a legacy dating to 1833.

Cooper Machinery Services keeps the engines and compressors behind global energy, power, transportation, and marine operations running. Our OEM brands include Cooper-Bessemer™, Ajax™, and Superior, and we support more than 22,000 units in our installed base. As a Staff Accountant in Houston, you’ll make sure every transaction behind that work is recorded accurately. You’ll work with operations, purchasing, and project teams, and you’ll have a real voice in how we improve our accounting processes.

What you will do

• Prepare and record journal entries, accruals, and adjustments, and support the monthly close with complete documentation and on-time delivery
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, and investigate and resolve variances
• Help prepare monthly financial statements, management reports, and supporting schedules, and explain variances to finance leadership
• Resolve invoice, payment, and billing discrepancies, and support cash application, collections, and vendor and customer reconciliations
• Reconcile intercompany balances with counterparties each month and prepare the elimination entries
• Track and analyze costs for service and manufacturing projects, and support job cost reporting
• Prepare schedules and documentation for external audits, and respond to auditor requests
• Follow and help maintain internal controls, and recommend ways to make our processes faster and more accurate

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field from an accredited college or university
• Two or more years of accounting experience (recent graduates with relevant internship experience will be considered)
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and formulas, with working knowledge of other Microsoft Office applications
• Experience with an ERP or accounting system
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with close attention to detail
• Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work with finance, operations, and other teams
• Able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines, especially during month-end and year-end close
• Able to handle confidential financial information with discretion

Preferred

• SAP experience
• A self-starter who spots reconciling items, process gaps, and potential errors before anyone asks
• Comfortable working independently, prioritizing close deadlines, and knowing when to bring in a supervisor
• Business acumen, with the ability to connect accounting activity to Cooper’s operations, services, and customers
• Sound judgment when information is incomplete, and the ability to recommend how to record or resolve an item
• Someone who asks why a number changed, not just whether it ties
• A willingness to learn new systems and keep improving how we work

Why join us

• Most benefits start on your first day, with no waiting period
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability coverage (6-month short-term disability waiting period)
• Voluntary life, AD&D, and long-term disability buy-up plans
• Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• 401(k) with up to 5% company match, and you are 100% vested on day one
• Maternity and parental leave, Arc Fertility Benefits, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support

Cooper Machinery Services is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact our Talent Acquisition Department at recruiting@cooperservices.com or call 855.226.6737.