Accounting Supervisor

Digital Control Inc. • Kent, WA

2d • $104,800 - $133,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

Digital Control Incorporated (DCI), a supplier of underground locating and steering products for the horizontal directional drilling industry, is seeking an Accounting Supervisor in Kent, Washington. This hands-on leader oversees payroll, accounts payable, and core accounting operations across a multi-entity, multistate, and international organization. The role ensures accurate and compliant processing, understands the business behind the numbers, identifies anomalies, and strengthens systems and controls.

The Accounting Supervisor oversees end-to-end payroll for US entities and supervises accounts payable staff and processes. The position also handles general ledger and close activities, coordinates monthly reporting with international offices and local accountants, supports revenue and tax accounting, maintains controls and audit documentation, develops staff, and identifies process and systems improvements. This is a hybrid position: after the training period, employees work onsite four days per week at the Kent location and remotely one day per week.

DCI offers a base pay range of $104,800 to $133,800 per year, with discretionary quarterly profit-sharing bonuses. Over the last three years, quarterly bonuses ranged from 10% to 18%; future bonuses may vary based on company profits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on multistate payroll experience and at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany reconciliations, and foreign currency transactions.
• Working knowledge of Washington B&O tax and multistate sales and use tax, including economic nexus.
• Strong critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work across functions, time zones, and external advisors.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP and payroll systems.

Nice To Haves

• International subsidiary exposure.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support end-to-end payroll for all US entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance in every state where employees work.
• Monitor remote and hybrid work locations; manage state registrations; and oversee state-specific leave, withholding, unemployment, and workers’ compensation requirements.
• Reconcile payroll to the general ledger, tax filings, and benefit invoices; resolve variances and agency notices.
• Review quarterly and annual payroll filings, year-end W-2 processing, payroll accruals, and allocations across entities and departments.
• Supervise accounts payable staff and review invoice matching, approvals, coding, and entity and department allocations.
• Approve payment runs and enforce segregation of duties, vendor bank-change verification, and other fraud-prevention controls.
• Oversee vendor records, W-9s, 1099 reporting, AP aging, cash requirements, intercompany payables, and foreign-currency payments.
• Prepare and review journal entries, close-calendar tasks, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting documentation for multiple entities.
• Coordinate monthly reporting with international offices and local accountants, ensuring consistency with company policies and US GAAP.
• Record and reconcile intercompany activity.
• Support accounting for subscription, wholesale, and international product revenue.
• Prepare Washington combined excise tax returns and manage multistate sales and use tax compliance, nexus monitoring, registrations, digital-product taxability, and exemption certificates.
• Provide schedules and data for income tax provisions, returns, census, and audits.
• Maintain controls and documented procedures over payroll, accounts payable, cash, and the general ledger; serve as a key contact for financial, payroll, sales tax, and regulatory audits.
• Supervise, train, and develop payroll and accounts payable staff; cross-train team members and maintain coverage procedures.
• Prepare management analysis, investigate root causes, and implement process, automation, ERP, and payroll-system improvements.
• Stay current on relevant payroll, tax, and accounting requirements and communicate impacts to the Controller.

Benefits

• Health benefits including a PPO plan with no deductibles or co-pays; DCI covers 99% of costs.
• Discretionary quarterly bonuses and profit sharing.
• Professional development.
• 401(k) match: 3% from DCI regardless of participation, up to a 5% maximum match, with immediate 100% vesting.
• 22 days of PTO.
• Dog-friendly work environment.
• Parental leave.
• Company covers 100% of payroll taxes for state family medical leave.
• 11 annual paid holidays plus one floating holiday.
• Winter break, with the company closed the last week of each year.
• Free convenient parking and commuter benefits.
• Monthly catered lunches and a fully stocked snack area.
• Sporting tickets and wellness competitions.

What This Job Offers

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