Senior Accountant

SUMMARY

The Senior Accountant is responsible for developing, implementing, analyzing and maintaining a combination of general accounting systems that will include the records of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, budgets, cost accounting and other financial transactions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Exercise of judgment, discretion, and tact in all business matters and business relationships is required. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain clear and cooperative working relationships with coworkers and demonstrate regular attendance and punctuality are essential. The organization’s leadership promotes collaborative problem solving in both formal and informal work teams. Participation in and contribution to teamwork within the organization is required. Provides leadership and financial acumen to the financial staff as appropriate. Necessary interpersonal skills include being a self-starter, motivated, creative, flexible, self-confident, deadline oriented and able to multi-task. Employees must follow all quality and safety procedures of the company, including those at customer sites if applicable, and must abide by the corporate Code of Conduct in all situations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

While no supervisory responsibilities are assigned, leadership and the ability to handle escalated questions or issues from the financial team or other corporate staff are required.

Duties

1. Key contributor for all Month End/ Quarter End/Year End closing procedures including but not limited to review all account reconciliations for Manager review; roll forward of applicable accounts for Manager review; prepare and execute journal entries.
2. Responsible for the preparation of the Month End/ Year End Corporate Reporting (“Cognos”) in accordance with the Pfeiffer Vacuum Accounting Manual (IFRS) for North America Entities.
3. Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options; substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents. Continuous analysis of day to day transactions on the basis of financial analytical models to monitor on a timely basis the accurate coding of data for input to financial data processing system, as well as perform detailed root cause analysis and providing feedback for corrective actions.
4. Uses professional concepts and company policies and procedures to pro-actively solve a wide range of difficult problems in creative and practical ways.
5. Engages in critical and confidential aspects of accounting; maintains financial security by following internal controls.
6. In close collaboration with Regional Controller and Regional Accounting Manager, provides continuous improvement and maintenance of the organizations’ cost center structure and the subsequent managerial reporting distribution.
7. Supports business wide initiatives such as LEAN; ISO: System Upgrades etc.
8. Key support to the Regional Controller and Regional Accounting Manager as liaison for all external and internal schedules and coordination of completion of audit requests related to the Corporate Financial Reporting.
9. Independent development of advanced financial analysis reporting with the focus of Pro-active Budget/ Actual cost center analysis review and in close interaction with the Regional Controller implementation of corrective actions as required.
10. Prepares and maintains all fixed asset records for the company, and coordinates and performs annual fixed asset physical inventory.
11. Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
12. Maintains the ERP systems GL accounts and cost center allocations.
13. Responsible for compliance and regulatory filings of census data and annual reports.
14. Prepares and analyzes employee and agent’s commissions per contractual agreements.
15. Point of contact for insurance and maintains the company car fleet.
16. Liaise with Regional Accounting Manager to improve financial procedures.
17. Key Liaison to Regional Controller during departmental budget development process.
18. Key support to the Regional Accounting Manager for Sales and Use Tax preparation as well as preparation of data for Federal and State tax calculations as prepared by third party tax consultants.
19. Other duties as assigned. Special projects will be a significant component of this position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Tasks require walking, sitting, bending, reaching, mobility, and frequent lifting. Work requires computer skills (word processing, power-point, spreadsheet, and data-entry), attention to detail and accuracy. Communication skills including listening and speaking are required for interaction with other employees, vendors, and customers. Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to balance multiple tasks and any stress associated with the duties and responsibilities of this position are essential requirements in the performance of this job.

The person in this job must be able to travel by air and drive to other company locations. Accordingly, a valid driver’s license and driving record that is satisfactory to the Company must be demonstrated at hire and periodically thereafter.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Company Values

Pfeiffer Vacuum believes that we are all suppliers and customers of someone in our organization. Our employees must be able to demonstrate this customer-centric belief - which means that you are value-adding, reliable, performance-driven, innovative, service-minded and agile – in all of their business activities. We expect that our company values of open mindedness, trust, communication, thinking strategically/being creative, being courageous, accountable and humble, ethical sensitivity/compliance, resilience/facing diversity and fostering a culture of empowerment, engagement and collaboration will drive the actions of our employees.

General Qualifications

Requirements include knowledge of Microsoft Office (excellent command of Excel is essential). Strong organizational, analytical and creative problem solving skills in financial matters is required. Professional communication skills both verbal and written is essential. Ability to work under strict reporting deadlines in a team oriented group environment is necessary. High degree of self-motivation and detail orientation is required. Must be able to manage multiple concurrent projects and deliver established objectives in a proactive, timely manner, with a high focus on the integrity of the data.

Education and/or Experience

B.S. /B.A. degree in Finance and/or Accounting; 7 or more years of related experience is necessary.

Language Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is essential. Reports, email correspondence, schedules, are all typical requirements of this position and must be effectively and professionally communicated.

Mathematical Skills

Excellent math and analytical skills required.

Reasoning Ability

Must be able to multi task and operate in a fast paced environment while maintaining a disciplined approach to oversee employer and customer’s (internal and external) needs. Works on assignments that are analytical by nature. Must be able to solve both practical and complex problems and deal with a variety of factors in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Valid driver’s license is required.

TOOLS AND/OR EQUIPMENT

This position uses a computer extensively with demonstrated abilities in the use of Microsoft products as well as other common office type equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position may work in various environments including office, factory or home settings. Employees who are authorized to work from home are expected to comply with all company requirements for core work hours or in-person attendance at company meetings or events. Occasional travel may be required to other Company locations.

Pfeiffer Vacuum is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

If you are an individual with disabilities who needs accommodation or you are having difficulty using our website to apply for employment, please contact Jill Guilmain at 603-578-6519.