Accountant

Overview

This role supports the preparation, examination, and interpretation of accounting and financial records, reports, and statements. Responsibilities include work across the general ledger, budgeting, month-end closing, and cost/financial analyses in line with company policies and GAAP.

Responsibilities

• Assemble plant expense analysis and provide regular report updates to staff.
• Coordinate the accounts payable function for all plant operations.
• Prepare bank reconciliations for operating, disbursement, payroll, and investment accounts.
• Prepare monthly journal entries, sales tax returns, and warranty expense account analysis.
• Analyze and reconcile discrepancies within general accounting functions, including utility use and expenditures, and provide analysis for senior management review.
• Settle and close production orders; investigate production variances and ensure accurate reporting.
• Provide research assistance as required and respond to inquiries from internal sources.
• Serve as backup support for payroll, daily invoicing, and sales updating, including providing payroll approval.
• Follow procedures and policies in accordance with GAAP, company policy, and federal/state regulations.
• Review purchase orders and provide updates to the plant manager regarding exceptions and expense levels.
• Reconcile expenses to budget and monitor financial performance.
• Conduct internal financial audits and cycle count audits, including issuing reports.
• Prepare trial balance analysis and support month-end closing activities.
• Perform other finance-team support tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• Internship, co-op, or 1–2 years of accounting experience preferred.
• Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, plus data analysis.
• ERP systems experience preferred (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, Infor, Epicor, NetSuite, etc.).
• Manufacturing or inventory accounting exposure preferred but not required.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP knowledge is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance plans.
• Company-sponsored life insurance.
• Retirement security savings plan.
• Short- and long-term disability programs.
• Tuition assistance for professional development.

Location

Operations are in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.