Plant Accountant II
About The Position
This position is responsible for a wide variety of accounting and finance functions and is a primary accounting and finance partner with various leaders in their assigned business segment, assisting leadership with the annual operating plan, forecast, and actual reporting that enables management to understand the team’s financial performance. This position’s primary focus is supporting the assigned business unit by preparing financial reporting on each business unit’s performance, recording journal entries/preparing account reconciliations, performing variance analyses, and monthly and annual forecast preparation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field with 2-4 years of related experience or equivalent.
- Strong attention to detail and deadline driven.
- Ability to effectively impact and influence others.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain solid relationships with other departments
- Must have strong analytical skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and exceptional Excel skills
- Knowledge of general ledger accounting systems
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting standards and the ability to communicate effectively to non-accounting personnel
- Oracle/E1 experience
Responsibilities
- Primary liaison between Accounting and leadership of various corporate business units. Regularly meets with leadership to assist in the preparation of the monthly forecast and the annual operating plan.
- Assists with the monthly closing of the corporate financial statements, including recording journal entries and preparing account reconciliations.
- Prepare and record non-standard journal entries in the general ledger system and complete reconciliations of related balance sheet accounts.
- Assists in the gathering of information requested by our internal and external auditors during interim and year-end reviews and SOX audits.
- Assist the business with analyzing their variances between actual results and forecast each fiscal month. Document and substantiate explanations for these variances for management review. Assist the business with monthly updates to their departmental forecast.
- Assists in the ongoing compliance with key internal control for areas of responsibility.
- Prepares basic management reporting documents. This includes identifying variances to the plan/forecast/prior year and communicating explanations.
- Participation in projects which may include, identifying and implementing process improvements which drive efficiencies, technical research, and ad hoc financial analysis.
- Initiates basic research on issues identified on respective areas.
- Supports accurate and timely reporting.
- Regularly communicates to business partners on basic financial concepts.
- Researches, analyzes, and resolves reconciling items and unreconciled differences identified during the reconciliation process.
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental and Basic Life Insurance
- 401k retirement plan with company match of up to 6%
- 9-11 paid holidays each year
- two weeks’ prorated vacation as a new hire
- personal time (non-exempt only) or state mandated sick time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
