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Senior Accountant
Food Export - Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the Sr. Accountant maintains an integrated, centralized, and accurate financial recordkeeping system including reporting, banking, and payroll to provide effective control and reporting of company financial data. Provides support for the company in directing budget and cost controls, financial analysis, and accounting procedures. Leads an assessment of existing and proposed financial plans and policies. Participates in developing changes to ensure that the organization achieves financial targets. Maintains a positive work atmosphere by performing and communicating in a manner that gets along with members, clients, co-workers and supervisors.
Requirements
Discretion and Accountability
This is a management-level, exempt position, and therefore is afforded wide professional latitude in completing work.
Physical Demands
Work is performed in a standard office environment. This position requires light duty physical work, conducting general office duties, occasional participation in trade shows or market promotions. Requirements include carrying multiple files and printed materials, with domestic travel between one and three weeks per year. There may be an opportunity for international travel.
Food Export - USA Northeast is a private, non-profit trade association of Northeast state agricultural promotion agencies. Our mission is the development and expansion of international markets for U.S. food and value-added agricultural products. We participate in the Market Access Program (MAP) of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of USDA. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, national origin or ancestry, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation or military status. Persons with disabilities who require alternate means for communication may contact us.
Link for application:
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Full Time
$102k-127k (estimate)
02/09/2024
07/30/2024
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