Junior Staff Accountant

Yanmar Compact Equipment North America, Inc.•Grand Rapids, MN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Jr. Staff Accountant will play a critical role in strengthening the financial foundation of YCENA, ensuring disciplined execution, transparency, and governance across all accounting and financial operations. This role goes beyond traditional accounting assignments. The Jr. Staff Accountant will participate in building, enforcing, and sustaining a best-in-class financial control environment. Primarily attending to the accurate and complete processing of supplier and vendor payments, this role will also support month end responsibilities to ensure a complete, transparent and true accounting of YCENA financial performance aligned with our One Yanmar philosophy.

Requirements

Two-year Accounting or similar degree preferred OR equivalent work experience
Two years progressive accounting experience
Strong financial judgment — not just reporting, but decision-making
Ability to challenge the business constructively
High level of ownership and accountability
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and change
Proven ability to identify issues others missed
Strong backbone willing to push back when needed

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing or assembly environment
ERP experience (Epicor strongly preferred)

Responsibilities

Ensure all supplier and vendor payments are accurate and timely processed, aligned with company delegation of authority (DOA)
Identify, escalate, and resolve legacy gaps in accounting practices and process gaps
Ensure full compliance with US GAAP and Yanmar global standards
Act as a guardian of financial integrity and transparency
Own the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial assignments including, but not limited to Supplier and vendor payment activity, Month end close processing and reporting requirements, Cash activity and reconciliations
Actively support all internal and external audits with a proactive, no-surprises approach
Ensure readiness and documentation standards meet audit expectations at all times
Identify and implement process improvements
Support ERP optimization (Epicor/YDS alignment where relevant)
Drive standardization aligned with One Yanmar operating model