What are the responsibilities and job description for the Entry-Level Accountant position at Hillsboro Industries?
Flint Hills Industries, Inc.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE
Accountant (Full Time - Exempt)ROLE – 13-2011.00
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Demonstrate and promote the company’s core values.
- Manage accounts receivable functions. Accurate processing of all customer invoices, credit memos, and proforma invoices. Create deposits, answer customer billing questions, review accounts receivable aging report, and generate customer statements.
- Manage accounts payable functions. Code and enter non-PO invoices, process weekly accounts payable payments, ensuring payment within terms. Maintain vendor accounts, investigate any vendor billing issues and review vendor statements.
- Review and enter new customer and vendor information.
- Process bi-weekly payroll to outside payroll provider. Maintain time and attendance, proper deductions, employee records, and requests. Prepare reports for department managers.
- Maintain the general ledger. Posting transactions to the general ledger and ensuring accuracy of account balances.
- Analyze financial data and provide recommendations for cost-saving measures and process improvements.
- Assist with month-end closing processes and preparation of monthly/yearly financial statements and reports.
- Assist with year-end audits.
- Perform projects, reporting and account reconciliations, and other duties as needed to support the finance team.
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: Bachelor’s degree in business management, Finance or Accounting and/or minimum of 2 years’ experience in Accounting or Finance.REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge in general financial accounting and cost accounting. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Strong attention to detail and accuracy. Excellent organizational and time management skills. Ability to work independently and in a team environment. Ability to handle confidential information with integrity.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
COMMUNICATION: Ability to communicate effectively and clearly. The ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents.AVERAGE HEARING: Able to hear average conversations.
REPETITIVE MOTION: The employee is regularly required to sit and stand throughout the day and spend a significant amount of time typing on keyboards to enter data, prepare reports, and communicate via email.
FINGER DEXTERITY: The employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to type, use a calculator, document handling, and writing.
AVERAGE VISION: The employee will spend long periods of time looking at screens and fine reading fine print and analyzing detailed financial documents.
PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Physical strength is not a primary requirement for accountants, as their work is mostly sedentary and involves tasks like typing, data entry, and analyzing financial documents.
WORKING CONDITION
This position is in an office environment and climate controlled.
MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to deal with a variety of variables under only limitedstandardization.
MATHEMATICS ABILITY: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers and common fractions.
INTENT AND FUNCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS
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All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.
