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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline; (accounting degree strongly preferred)
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful responsibility for close, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting and team supervision.
• Hands-on experience managing an accounting department in a small or mid-sized business environment.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, account reconciliations, financial statements, cash management and internal control practices.
• Experience with an ERP system such as Sage 100 and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Proven ability to create reliable processes, manage recurring deadlines, review details and hold others accountable for completion and accuracy.

Nice To Haves

• Manufacturing accounting experience, including standard costing, inventory, work-in-process, overhead allocation, production variances and physical inventory controls
• Direct experience with Sage 100
• Experience producing monthly financial statements internally and coordinating year-end work with an outside CPA firm
• Experience with contract administration, business insurance, multi-state sales tax, fixed assets, payroll controls and banking security
• CPA or CMA credential, or equivalent depth of practical controllership experience
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing and EOS is helpful but not required
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the judgment to raise concerns early and explain financial matters in practical business terms.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close process, including a clear close calendar, assigned responsibilities, reconciliations, review steps and documented completion.
• Build and maintain practical accounting procedures for AP, AR, cash receipts, purchasing, payroll coordination, inventory, fixed assets, expense reimbursement, credit, sales tax and GL activity.
• Ensure transactions are recorded accurately, consistently and in accordance with GAAP and company policy.
• Establish and monitor appropriate segregation of duties, approval limits, access controls, bank controls and other checks and balances that protect company assets and reduce the risk of error or fraud.
• Maintain complete supporting documentation and an organized audit trail for significant transactions.
• Coordinate effectively with external CPA firm and steadily develop the internal capability to prepare complete, accurate monthly financial statements in-house.
• Prepare and review timely monthly financial statements, management reports, account reconciliations and variance analyses.
• Create a concise monthly financial package that explains results, significant variances, cash position, working capital, operational concerns and required actions.
• Lead annual budgeting process and support periodic forecasts, department budgets and capital expenditure planning.
• Maintain useful chart of accounts and reporting structure that supports management decision-making without unnecessary complexity.
• Ensure required tax, regulatory, insurance, and financial filings are completed accurately and on time, including multi-state sales tax compliance.
• Develop a strong working understanding of the plant, production process, routings, bills of material, labor reporting, overhead, inventory movements and job costing.
• Own and improve standard cost and actual cost processes so product costs are credible, explainable and useful for pricing, make-or-buy decisions, margin management and operational improvement.
• Review material, labor, overhead, purchase price, usage and production variances; identify root causes and work with operations to improve data and process accuracy.
• Ensure inventory valuation, cycle counting, physical inventory, work-in-process, scrap, obsolescence and inventory adjustments are properly controlled and reported.
• Partner with manufacturing and engineering leaders to improve the accuracy of ERP data that affects costs, inventory and financial results.
• Lead, manage and hold accountable the accounting and administrative team, including clear roles, priorities, deadlines, standards and follow-up.
• Develop staff through training, cross-training, documented procedures, regular feedback and appropriate delegation.
• Create visibility to recurring responsibilities so important work is not dependent on memory or one individual.
• Balance hands-on involvement with effective delegation; step into details when needed while building a department that operates reliably without constant executive intervention.
• Coordinate with outsourced HR, payroll, IT, banking, insurance and professional service providers, as needed.
• Manage cash forecasting, banking relationships, account structure, payment processes and short-term cash needs, while keeping company funds secure.
• Monitor receivables, payables, borrowing availability, working capital and cash conversion; escalate issues and recommend action promptly.
• Oversee controls for ACH, wires, checks, positive pay, user access, payment approvals, vendor changes and bank account exposure.
• Coordinate review, track, renew and provide administration of company insurance policies, claims, certificates, bonds and related records.
• Manage the financial and commercial review of customer, vendor, lease, service and other business contracts; identify financial obligations, unusual terms, insurance requirements, renewal dates and risks requiring legal or executive review.
• Maintain schedules for key contracts, insurance renewals, licenses, filings and other recurring obligations.
• Establish practical expense management processes, including budgets, purchasing controls, approval limits, vendor review, recurring expense review and variance follow-up.
• Provide reporting on sales effectiveness and efficiency, including channel, territory, customer, product family, sales people, commission, discount, freight and contribution-margin analysis, where data supports it.
• Develop reports to assist management understand where sales growth is profitable, where costs are increasing and where processes or resources are not producing expected returns.
• Collaborate with sales, operations and leadership, to improve the quality of source data and convert reports into specific management actions.
• Provide oversight of Sage 100 and related accounting workflows, ensuring the system is configured and used consistently.
• Improve reporting, reconciliations, controls and workflow through better use of Sage 100, Microsoft Excel and other practical tools.
• Document critical processes and eliminate unnecessary manual work, duplicate entry, uncontrolled spreadsheets and workarounds.
• Participate in cross-functional process improvement, while maintaining appropriate accounting control and data integrity.

Benefits

• Medical 85% paid for employee; 65% paid for dependents by company
• Life insurance 100% paid by company for employee
• 16 days of paid time off annually (can be used for sick and/or vacation)
• Week off paid between Christmas and New Year
• 6 paid public holidays
• 401k profit sharing plan
• Paid education reimbursement