Staff Accountant

PRIMARY FUNCTION

Apply accounting principles to provide company management detailed financial data required to make effective managerial decisions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze financial data and prepare appropriate reports.
• Provide financial information to management to be used in management decision making.
• Assist in management of accounting systems and ERP software (integration with Accounting).
• Support other departments by providing financial analysis as necessary.
• Prepare month-end closing process, prepare monthly journal entries.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Prepare monthly journal entries
• Month-end and year-end closings, including managing files
• Maintain GL accounts, including posting journal entries, completing account reconciliations, and providing variance analysis.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Lease management and reporting.
• Support annual audit activities
• Treasury functions including wire transfers, bank reconciliations, banking relationship, and cash projections.
• Government processing including sales and use tax filing, government survey completion, and property tax returns
• Maintaining Chart of Accounts and FI within SAP
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• 2 years’ experience in accounting; experience in manufacturing accounting a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite specifically Excel.
• Strong grasp of GAAP accounting and general accounting concepts.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS

• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Dead-line oriented, strong attention to detail and time- management skills.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Full time position
• Must work in a professional and courteous manner with coworkers
• Open to work in a diverse work environment
• Manufacturing environment may incur extreme temperature variation
• Work is performed primarily in an office environment.