Cost Accountant

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a penchant for numbers and a passion for accuracy? Join our dynamic team as a Cost Accountant, where you'll play a crucial role in maintaining account precision by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions, including cash receipts and accruals, for WQA and WQRF. This position is pivotal in ensuring accurate costing information across departments to set competitive prices that meet our EBITDA goals. Additionally, you will work to improve department and company efficiency, contract compliance, and ensure adherence to our internal controls. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are committed to upholding financial integrity, we want to hear from you!

Essential Responsibilities:

• Contribute to timely and accurate analysis of month-end and year-end reports to identify and recommend cost-effective improvements.
• Assist with the preparation of the annual budget and forecasts
• Work with departments to ensure pricing is supportive of EBIDTA goals
• Periodically meet and review financial reports with department managers
• Prepare and review monthly reconciliations, such as bank accounts, investment holdings, etc.
• Review and approve supporting documentation, account coding, and proper approval of all payments and expenses.
• Review and approve journal entries prepared by other team members to ensure validity, accuracy, and relevancy.
• Create ad hoc financial and operational reports, that provide key organizational and departmental performance indicators.
• Maintain the preferred vendor list
• Maintain the contracts folder ensuring accurate records of all company contracts.
• Evaluate and monitor internal controls and recommend areas for improvement.
• Evaluate processes and procedures for opportunities to improve overall efficiency.
• Prepare schedules for the independent audit and assist with the resolution of outstanding questions or tasks.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, required. An advanced degree is a plus. CPA preferred
• Three to five (3-5) years of advanced level accounting experience, preferably within a not-for-profit organization, public accounting a plus
• Strong understanding of GAAP and federal/state/local reporting requirements.
• Proficient with Great Plains and Microsoft 365, particularly EXCEL.
• Strong knowledge and experience with financial systems applications, systems implementations, and integration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

This is a full-time, exempt role with minimal travel required.