Accountant

Armstrong Group • Wheeling, WV

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as an Accountant and make a meaningful impact on the organization’s financial success. This role goes beyond traditional accounting responsibilities, offering the opportunity to take ownership of key accounting processes, identify efficiencies, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will support daily accounting operations, maintain accurate financial records, assist with month-end close activities, perform account reconciliations, and provide financial analysis that supports informed business decisions. We are seeking a self-motivated, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and is eager to grow with the organization. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a proactive mindset, and a passion for improving processes, enhancing efficiencies, and driving operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 1-3 years of accounting experience
• Ability to work in a fast-pace environment with a high level of intellectual curiosity, and a passion and desire to understand and improve upon business processes.
• Ability to instill a positive team environment.
• Must be able to communicate comfortably with the shop floor as well as department directors.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to concisely summarize monthly operating results with department directors and others.
• Ability to work in a rigorous environment where priorities can change quickly; strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to partner cross functionally, through strong relationship building, influencing, negotiating and communication skills, with all levels of management.
• Skilled with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), as well as experienced with financial reporting and general ledger software applications.

Nice To Haves

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with Microsoft Business Central, Fixed Assets CS

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain financial records, reports, general ledger entries, and supporting documentation
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual closing responsibilities including journal entry preparation and account reconciliations.
• Responsible for the timely filing and paying taxes corporate and state
• Prepare sales tax filings, annual personal property tax filings, and other regulatory reports as needed
• Reporting unclaimed funds to the prospective agencies
• Actively leading and participating in monthly-end inventory sample selection for test counts for all locations including reconciling parts and fabrication inventory
• Support audits by providing requested financial information and documentation
• Support the accounts payable and accounts receivable team
• Partner and provide solutions for accounting irregularities and process improvement
• Ensure compliance with the financial procedures of the organization
• Engage in critical and confidential aspects of financial reporting and accounting department, including understanding key elements of company's risk profile.
• Assist with other ad-hoc accounting projects as necessary. Such projects may include: testing of internal controls, workflow process improvements, and database management to aid in the company meeting budgetary goals.
• Provides department cross training and stability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior