Accountant

Job Title: Accountant

Job Family: Finance

Job Sub Family: 120

Reports to: Controller

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary

The accountant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and data integrity of financial records, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts in compliance with accounting standards and with heavy emphasis on reconciling complex financial transactions from multiple systems.

The position requires strong attention to detail, problem-solving, analytical and critical thinking skills, and self-direction to quickly ascertain transactional flows, research and analyze activity, identify and resolve discrepancies.

As part of the finance team, the position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including period end closes and annual audit/reviews.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform / validate daily bank transactional activities in a timely and accurate manner

o Review Accounts Payable requests and documentation for EFT payments to vendors, including requested by Purchasing for international vendors.

o Notify Accounts Payable when vendor or OPEX autopayments are recorded by bank

o Timely and accurate review and upload of A/P - positive pay transactions

o End of Month entries and reversal entries for Deposits in Transit and Payments in Transit Reversing Entries for next month

o Review completed daily reconciliation of operating account.

o Acting dual approver for EFT and wire transfer transactions.

o Support seamless monthly bank account statement reconciliations

o Assist in monitoring the balances in bank accounts to determine when there is a shortage or excess, make recommendation to the Controller

• Manage and maintain accurate general ledger structure

o Reconcile and maintain general ledger, prepare, and post journal / closing entries

o Reconcile G/L accounts to assert the accuracy of transactions; research and resolve discrepancies

o Data and variance analysis; conduct account reconciliations and analysis and develop system of controls for ensuring data integrity

• Perform timely monthly and year end close.
• Execute annual audit/review with outside CPA firm
• Support the timely and accurate reporting of all financial transactions

o Revenue and expenditure variance analysis

o Review / monitor revenue and expense allocation on financial statements

o Inventory oversight

• Expense management, monitor and track operating/overhead expenses.
• Sales Tax administration, reconciliation, and reporting Avalara to SyteLine
• Support the development and monitoring of annual budget.
• Maintain secure storage of executed contracts and supporting documents submitted to finance; to include a master log of contracts and term/renewal dates: Licenses, Service Providers/Partners, Subscriptions, and Employee Benefit Carriers
• Validate executed contracts against budget
• Perform end of month cycle count verification of inventory with Warehouse Supervisor
• Process improvement: assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department
• Support Controller with special projects, reporting and workflow process improvements
• Provide training to team members and cross train on key tasks, to include annual business property tax return, calculation and recording of bi-weekly payroll entries, additional tasks as required.
• Subject to additional and/or revised responsibilities and duties as directed

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field; and a minimum of 10 years of related experience is required; or equivalent combination of education and experience with an emphasis in Finance / Accounting.

Skills/Experience

• Required: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of GAAP accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations
• Required: Advanced knowledge in Cloud ERP Systems, Accounting Software
• Required: Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft suite products
• Required: Expert ability to produce work with a high level of accuracy
• Required: Attention to detail
• Required: Analysis and critical thinking
• Required: Problem-solving
• Required: Self-direction
• Required: Research
• Required: Data entry
• Required: Time management
• Required: Organizational

TravelTravel is not required

Core Competencies

Creativity

• Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas
• Easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions
• Tends to be original and value-added in brainstorming settings

Perspective

• Looks toward the broadest possible view of an issue/challenge
• Has broad-ranging personal and business interests and pursuits
• Proposes future scenarios
• Thinks globally
• Can discuss multiple aspects and impacts of issues and project them into the future

Execute Core Values Operating Model

• Operational Excellence- Focus on the customer by doing what we said we would do
• We Collaborate- We collaborate for purpose
• Deliver Exceptional Service- We take care of our customers by exceeding their expectations
• Attention to Detail/Sense of Urgency- We must pull together and get the job done
• Lead with Integrity- We are honest and upfront in our work, with our colleagues and in our dealings with our customers and business partners
• Accountability: “All-In” Accountability

Team Player

• Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all
• Can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups
• Can solve problems with peers with minimum noise
• Is seen as a team player and is cooperative
• Easily gains trust and support of peers
• Encourages collaboration
• Be reliable, responsible and flexible
• Always be ready to help

Communication

• Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization
• Provides individuals information so they can make accurate decisions
• Can speak and write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles

Sound Decision Making

• Makes good, timely decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment
• Most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time
• Sought out by others for advice and solution
• Consistent logic, rationality & objectivity in decision making
• Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure
• Has self-discipline to act on the best alternative

Humility

• Quickly admits flaws and mistakes
• Ask for help when need it
• Is careful to make others comfortable
• Is authentic
• Helps others save face in difficult situations
• Maximizes the contribution of all
• Encourages the expression of viewpoints from all concerned
• Is modest and self-effacing; Respects the views of others

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.