Staff Accountant

Pride Engineering•Brooklyn Park, MN

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About The Position

The Staff Accountant participates in the company’s financial activities, supporting monthly close and reporting key sales, cost, and profitability measures to senior leadership. Working with the Controller, the role contributes to financial controls and policies, cash forecasts, the annual audit process, and operating plans that support growth and profitability. The position also works with administrative functions, including IT, cybersecurity initiatives, and capital expenditure reviews. The role focuses on cost management, maintaining manufacturing cost rates and fixed assets, improving financial reporting and variance analysis, supporting budgeting and forecasting, and maintaining accurate sales, cost, order, backlog, and inventory information. The position offers exposure to a broad range of financial and operational processes in a small company environment and reports to the Controller, with no direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
At least five years of experience in a cost accounting environment, or in accounting roles with relevant exposure to cost systems.
Experience in manufacturing.
Significant involvement in the monthly financial close process.
Exposure to financial leadership in a small-to-middle-market company or a similarly sized division.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
Experience working with database information, especially in Excel, MS Power BI, or similar tools.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Effective written and verbal communication skills for professional internal and external communication.
Legally permitted to work in the United States.
High ethical standards, attention to detail, self-motivation, flexibility, and a desire to learn.
Ability to work in an office environment and spend some time in the company’s manufacturing operation, using required personal protective equipment such as safety glasses.

Nice To Haves

CMA designation.
Experience redesigning or improving accounts payable or accounts receivable processes.
Proven success in a private, dynamic, and growing company.
Desire to develop leadership skills and Controllership capabilities.

Responsibilities

Manage costs, including reviewing and upgrading the current SAGE 100 ERP and Scanco systems.
Maintain work center labor and overhead rates and maintain fixed assets.
Prepare business insurance documents and manufacturing and cybersecurity censuses.
Improve the summarization and explanation of the root causes of variances.
Support month-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial write-ups, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and other reporting.
Maintain the accuracy of sales, cost, order, and backlog databases using Access downloads and Excel pivot tables.
Maintain accurate physical inventory counts and values by implementing a cycle count program.
Analyze accounts payable, accounts receivable, and labor processes to improve efficiency through process improvements or bolt-on software.
Work with the Controller to develop internal controls and fiscal policies.
Work with the Controller to build annual operating plans and forecast updates aligned with company growth and profitability goals.
Maintain cash reporting and cash forecasts with the Controller.
Manage the annual audit process with the Controller.
Work with the IT partner on cybersecurity initiatives and review capital expenditures.
Carry out other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required.