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Senior Accountant

Axios Professional Recruitment
Highland, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025

Job Description

Job Description

Axios Professional Recruitment is partnered with a privately owned corporation providing a wide range of products for the control and management of electrical products delivering services to applications such as power plants, substations, hydro dams, and more. We are actively seeking to hire an experienced General Accountant to provide accurate and timely financial information.

Job Summary

This role is responsible for providing a high level of analytical support and will take on lead roles in projects. This entails providing support for areas of needs that may arise within the department, including the support of the general accountants. This position will also be responsible for identifying potential areas of opportunity within the department and driving solutions to accomplish these. This offers a wide exposure to the various accounting functions within the Company. Much of the involvement will be in certain daily, monthly, and annual processes of the finance department, which include monthly and annual closings, budgeting, and physical inventory and may also include payroll, tax, and / or cost accounting functions as may be assigned.

General Accountant Responsibilities :

  • Recommend, implement, and monitor compliance with all accounting and payroll policies.
  • Responsible for maximizing the efficiency of all Finance personnel by providing them with training, motivation, and direction, including specific goals and objective productivity targets.
  • Responsible for the preparation of all accounting ledgers, plant and corporate reports, and other financial reports.
  • Responsible for the correct and accurate accounting classification of all expenditures, including capital and others.
  • Responsible for reviewing inventory control and reporting procedures to ensure that inventory records and manufacturing costs are accurate.
  • Responsible for the timely preparation of departmental reports.
  • Responsible for contact with the Company's independent auditors and with all taxing authority auditors.
  • Conduct special accounting studies, analyses, and cost studies, and provide statistics and comments to assist in the interpretation of operating results and provide specific recommendations which will result in cost reductions and profit improvements.

General Accountant Qualifications :

To be considered for the General Accountant position, applicants should :

  • Lead and take ownership of projects from start to finish. This includes identifying a project timeline and resources needed and managing the project to ensure it is completed accurately and timely.
  • Support other areas within the department when technical or capacity issues arise.
  • Prepare and process certain monthly and annual financial close processes in an accurate and timely fashion. May also include preparation of monthly financial statements for distribution to ownership and senior management.
  • Provide detailed account and activity analysis to prepare certain general ledger journal entries.
  • Prepare and maintain certain monthly analysis and reconciliations for the year-end financial close process.
  • Review and maintain audit schedules for the year-end audit process.
  • Participate in the budget process, including preparation of the appropriate schedules and analysis.
  • Ensure certain general ledger transactions are recorded and classified accurately and timely.
  • Other responsibilities may be assigned to include :
  • Responsibility for tracking and maintaining fixed assets.

  • Certain cost accounting responsibilities, including analysis of cost of sales variances, developing profitability analysis for the sales quoting process, analyzing product mix analysis, bill of material and routing analysis, etc.
  • Preparations and filings of Corporate sales & use, property, franchise tax returns.
  • Support International divisions with monthly close.
  • Provide support when needed to the general accountants.
  • Assist in identifying areas of improvement and developing procedures within the team to improve efficiencies (Work Instructions).
  • Perform other duties and special projects as requested.
  • Benefits : Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package which offers : Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance; a 401k plan; paid leaves for Vacation, Holiday, Sick, Jury Duty, Bereavement; tuition reimbursement. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

    Compensation : We anticipate filling the Sr. General Accountant position with an expected compensation range of $90,000 - $103,500. We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the pay range may differ if filled at a different level. Our pay ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location. Starting pay and job title are based on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

    Axios Professional Recruitment - an entirely employee-owned company - is the largest independent employer in West Michigan. Our mission is to match people with meaningful, long-lasting, and enjoyable careers, not just a job. Since 1988, we've helped match over 300,000 people just like you with top employers across West Michigan.

    Good luck, we look forward to reviewing your application!

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