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Staff Accountant

Wunderlich-Malec
Hopkins, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 2/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/24/2025

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join you become part of a company that is :

  • 100% employee-owned with 40 years of industry history
  • ENR (Engineering News Record) Top 500 firm
  • Rated as a top System Integrator Giant

We have a Staff Accountant position in Eden Prairie, MN. This position is responsible for general ledger accounting and monthly reconciliations, ensuring that all transactions have been properly accounted for and accurately reflected in the general ledger.

Primary Purpose

This position is responsible for general ledger accounting and monthly reconciliations, ensuring that all transactions have been properly accounted for and accurately reflected in the general ledger. This person is also responsible for accounting reports and reconciliations related to accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, deferrals, expenses, deductions, sales and payroll taxes, compensation, and other payroll functions as they relate to the general ledger.

Major Responsibilities

  • Monthly general ledger account detail reconciliations and monthly general journal entries, including recurring journal entries.
  • Prepare monthly general ledger analysis and record related journal entries including, but not limited to, monthly compensation accruals and payroll tie-outs, vacation accruals, prepaid expense analysis, intercompany entries, ESOP journal entries, and quarterly corporate expense allocations.
  • Maintain fixed asset records, including all additions, disposals, and gains / losses on disposals. Prepare and record monthly depreciation entries including allocation to all departments. Assist with year-end financial and tax fixed asset reporting. Prepare personal property tax reports.
  • Assist with preparing annual work papers and analyses as needed to support the general ledger and as requested by financial auditors.
  • Maintain employee records in the financial accounting system.
  • Assist with timesheet review and correction for accurate submission.
  • Review, analyze, and check payroll reports for accuracy and record necessary adjustments or corrections through journal entries or other established payroll procedures.
  • Review payroll journal entries and payroll reconciliation between G / L and outside payroll service reports. Review of quarterly payroll reports for accuracy and completeness.
  • Review general ledger coding of invoices relating to employee benefits.
  • Maintain electronic cash checkbooks. Prepare journal entries to record electronic bank deposits, apply cash receipts, and prepare bank account reconciliations.
  • Maintain accounts receivable subsidiaries.
  • Assist with state business registrations for corporate, payroll, and sales tax purposes. Prepare annual business reports and renewals.
  • Assist with miscellaneous requests of the CFO, Controller, and HR Manager.
  • General administration includes paperwork, copying, printing, faxing, and using a computer.
  • Minimum Requirements

    Education

    Bachelors degree in Accounting is required with a minimum of three to five years of experience.

    Experience

    This position requires experience in data entry, payroll, general accounting principles, knowledge of the general ledger and how it relates to other journals, and project accounting experience is preferred. Multi-company, multi-state sales tax and payroll experience also preferred. Experience with Microsoft Office Suite expected with Excel proficiency required.

    Physical Demands of Position

    Ability to see, hear, and listen with the use of dexterity in hands for clerical duties within the job.

    Working Environment

    Standard office environment : frequent use of personal computer, facsimile / copy machines, and other office equipment.

  • Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.
  • Wunderlich-Malec is proud to offer a comprehensive employee-owner benefit package. Full-time employees may be eligible for the following benefits : Medical

  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D
  • Long Term Disability
  • Voluntary Short Term Disability
  • Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Savings Account
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • 401(k) / Profit Sharing
  • 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Will Preparation Resources
  • Worldwide Travel Assistance
  • Salary range is $68,000 to $75,000 annually depending on qualifications.

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    Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

    The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

    Salary : $68,000 - $75,000

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