TEMP TO PERM POSITION

The Staff Accountant is responsible for Cost/Financial Accounting function to include, but not limited to, performing cost/general accounting duties (general ledger/subledger journal entries, month-end close procedures, balance sheet account reconciliations), analyses, and reporting. Partner with various stakeholders across the organization in helping coordinate selected annual budget activities as well as assist with routine activities related to the company’s annual financial audit and other ad-hoc projects/analyses, as required.  This position will also be responsible for a small volume of billing (roughly 8-10/day) and cash posting activities (roughly 5/week).  This position reports to the Accounting Manager.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Perform defined cost and/or general accounting tasks to ensure compliance with GAAP and integrity of General Ledger account balances, including journal entries, month-end close, and account reconciliations.
• Other areas of accounting responsibility include reconciling Cash, Fixed Assets, Intercompany accounts, Prepaid Expenses, Accrued Liabilities, Payroll Accounting and month-end Accruals, Customer Deposits and Deferred Revenue.
• Assist with treasury activities, as needed, including monitoring and analysis of bank balances, and maintaining daily cash reports.
• Participate in month-end closing process. Prepare selected month-end schedules, management reports, and assist with analyzing manufacturing variances versus plan.
• Assist in the annual closing process, annual audit, various projects, as needed. 
• Maintain existing and, when necessary, assist in creating new procedures and processes to investigate, analyze and report on manufacturing costs and variances including purchase price variance, material usage variance, product mix, labor efficiency, labor/overhead spending and absorption. 
• Process invoices based on deliveries made and post cash receipts against receivables; send monthly statements out to approximately 30 customers/month.
• Assist in developing or modifying production reports and analysis of bills of materials and work routings. Make recommendations for selling price changes to improve profitability as warranted.
• Assist in evaluating annual standard cost change at the beginning of the year and maintaining ongoing standard costs for new items as needed. 
• Work with operations team to identify cost improvement opportunities; recommend and implement approved corrective actions and monitor savings impact.
• Work with operations team in reporting score cards to measure performance on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.  Prepare and publish score cards in an accurate and timely manner.
• Interface with various business partners to assist in the preparation of the annual operating budget process. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required.
• Solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• ERP experience a plus
• 1 or more years with hands-on financial accounting, cost analysis, cost accounting or cost management experience, distribution and/or manufacturing company preferred. 
• Experience with GL, Month-end Close procedures & Account Reconciliations 
• Strong level of attention to detail required, with ability to analyze, document, and provide meaningful suggestions for processes and controls improvements.
• Must have strong Excel skills. 
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently. 
• Adaptable to changing environment with flexibility to “wear various hats” as part of finance team for growing private equity owned company. 
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure to meet various deadlines. 
• Ability to interact effectively and professionally with various business partners across the Company (Finance, Accounting, Customer Service, Operations, R&D, Marketing, etc..).