Staff Accountant

Sumitomo Electric Group•San Marcos, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Sumitomo Electric Interconnect Products, Inc. is seeking a Staff Accountant in San Marcos, CA. This role involves complex bookkeeping, accounting, and clerical tasks, including maintaining general ledgers, preparing financial reports, and analyzing budgets. The position requires involvement in company projects, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment, and supporting the Accounting Manager. The company is looking for local candidates for on-site work and does not offer relocation.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting or a related field of study.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in an accounting department.
Working knowledge of basic accounting theories and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Advanced computer skills.
Experience working with PC software in a spreadsheet environment.
Proficiency in formulas and use of pivot tables.
Ability to prepare account analyses and other records in an organized, neat, and professional manner.
Self-starter capable of working independently with little direct supervision.
Strong analytical and communication skills.
Ability to multi-task & prioritize.
Must wear safety shoes for periodic fixed asset walk-throughs.

Nice To Haves

Ability to utilize power point to present on projects if necessary and take initiative to lead and/or present findings.
Ability to handle reprioritization of tasks to meet corporate and/or top management requests.
Disciplined and focused to stay on track every day and not be easily distracted.
Be current and on time at all times, every day.
Communication effectiveness - provide feedback both verbally and written on progress of projects and day-to-day activities to immediate manager.
Reporting when in need of help, training, guidance and/or dialogue to assist in successfully managing and completing tasks timely.
Ability to handle stress under tight deadlines, fast pace environment and quiet atmosphere.

Responsibilities

Perform complex bookkeeping, accounting, and clerical tasks.
Apply accepted accounting procedures to maintain accounting records.
Prepare financial, statistical, and management reports.
Maintain general ledgers and related records.
Prepare and analyze budgets.
Involve in company/department projects and meet deadlines.
Print daily company cash deposit: Citibank on-line incoming wires and Lock box on-line checks.
Review and report on daily gross margin and negative margin results to management.
Process daily credit memos received from Accounts Receivable, Customer Service, RFR’s, ICO’s and from RMA’s.
Review and reconcile daily labor Manufacturing direct hours to payroll hours.
Review daily manufacturing journal entries and post to general ledger.
Review daily inventory adjustments and cycle counts for coding, validating quantity, descriptions and dollars in order to post to the general ledger.
Maintain files on fixed assets by keeping records, tagging assets, and reconciling to balance sheet accounts.
Process monthly company non-A/R billing.
Daily review of JD Edwards enterprise system integrities to ensure all active company modules sub-ledgers are in balance to the general ledger.
Daily account analysis of purchase price variances.
Assist in updating of standard purchase prices for inventory in JD Edwards and Japan’s PCM environment.
Set-up company item numbers for new inventory to be purchased and/or manufactured via JD Edwards and Japan’s PCM software.
Review work order bill of materials and router cost for supervisory review and update.
Review, compute and prepare monthly commissions for direct and point-of-sale (POS) sales.
Review and validate monthly ship & debit credit requests for unit price decreases.
Prepare monthly account reconciliation and analyses for all balance sheet accounts and expense accounts.
Prepare monthly bank reconciliation analysis.
Print cancelled checks.
Prepare and balance monthly labor and overhead applied activity.
Assist in analyzing and determining inventory reserves.
Plan and analyze the monthly accounting close by preparing journal entries and subsequent analysis of financial results.
Monthly reconciliation of inventory and work-in-progress.
Prepare multiple journal entries for cash, pre-paid, accruals, non-A/R, receipt routing, inventory and others.
Complete management reports such as gross margin, sales, manufacturing data.
Assist in reviewing monthly work order variances.
Perform annual transfer pricing analysis for supervisory review.
Assist in yearly audits performed by outside auditors, internal SEI audits and government audits.
Assist in developing the company budget.
Work and meet project deadlines while working daily, weekly, monthly tasks.
Utilize power point to present on projects if necessary and take initiative to lead and/or present findings.
Multi-task and use formulas to assist in efficiencies to complete tasks.
Maintain organization with checklists, calendars, and action lists.
Handle reprioritization of tasks to meet corporate and/or top management requests.
Stay focused and on track daily.
Provide feedback verbally and written on progress of projects and day-to-day activities.
Report when in need of help, training, guidance and/or dialogue.
Handle stress under tight deadlines, fast pace environment and quiet atmosphere.
Back up to accounts payable.