Accountant

Summary: Prepares financial reports to track the organization's assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liabilities, and other related financial activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, and entering general ledger transactions.
• Performs monthly and annual system closing activities
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, reconciling transactions, resolving discrepancies, and making adjustments as needed.
• Performs general cost accounting duties.
• Verifies and processes required banking activities including, positive pay, electronic payments and cash flow reconciliations.
• Prepare 13-week forecast each week
• Ensures accuracy of cash balances by preparing monthly bank reconciliations.
• Assists in the preparation of financial statements, budgets, forecasts and other related reports.
• Prepares and submits state and provincial sales and use tax filings.
• Provides outside auditors with assistance; gathers necessary account information and documents to perform annual audit.
• Assists in the preparation of annual tax information and provides to outside tax accountants.
• Assists in the documentation and monitoring of internal controls
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• BS in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
• Three years of relevant accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Extensive knowledge of general financial accounting and cost accounting.
• Understanding of and ability to adhere to generally accepted accounting principles.
• Highly proficient with accounting software. (SAP experience a plus)
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)