General Accountant

Cyfle•Highland, CA

20d

About The Position

We have partnered with a global industrial electrical manufacturing company in Highland, IL area to provide them with a General Accountant. Please review the below description and let us know if you are interested. This position will offer a wide exposure to the various accounting functions within the Company. Other responsibilities may include certain daily, monthly, and annual processes of the finance department, such as monthly and annual closings, budgeting, physical inventory, tax, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets and/or cost accounting functions as may be assigned. Some additional primary tasks will be managing the business taxes of the company (property, sales/use) and preparing data analysis to support a third part CPA prepare of tax returns. This position will offer a wide exposure to the various accounting functions within the Company. Much of the involvement will be in certain daily, monthly, and annual processes of the finance department, which includes monthly and annual closings, budgeting, physical inventory, and may also include payroll, tax, and/or cost accounting functions as may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Accounting or related Business degree.
Minimum of one year experience preferred.
Ability to apply a broad knowledge of accounting principles to a variety of corporate accounting activities ranging from routine daily transactions to complex analyses.
Competent in use of Microsoft office applications and experience in Oracle software is a plus.
Willingness to travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

Competent in use of Microsoft office applications and experience in Oracle software is a plus.

Responsibilities

Prepare and process certain monthly and annual financial close processes in an accurate and timely fashion.
May also include preparation of monthly financial statements for distribution to ownership and senior management.
Provide detailed account and activity analysis to prepare certain general ledger journal entries.
Prepare and maintain certain monthly analysis and reconciliations for the year-end financial close process.
Prepare and maintain audit schedules for the year-end audit process.
Participate in the budget process, including preparation of the appropriate schedules and analysis.
Ensure certain general ledger transactions are recorded and classified accurately and timely.
Responsibility for tracking and maintaining fixed assets
Certain cost accounting responsibilities, including analysis of cost of sales variances, developing profitability analysis for the sales quoting process, analyzing product mix analysis, bill of material and routing analysis, etc.
Preparations and filings of Corporate sales & use, property, franchise tax returns.
Support International divisions with monthly close.