Job Posting for 921 Accounting - Senior Accountant at Hytrol
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Duties & Responsibilities
The Senior Accountant position has a strong focus on manufacturing cost accounting, inventory control, and month-end close. The candidate should have strong experience in manufacturing cost accounting, cost variance reporting, inventory control, process optimization, and working cross-functionally to help make business operations more cost-efficient. Looking for candidates with 3 years of experience working for larger companies in a manufacturing environment with financial cost accounting responsibilities. Public Accounting experience in audits with manufacturing clients is helpful. The functions include but are not limited to:
Key Responsibilities
Assist with the monthly financial close process, including preparing/reviewing journal entries, closing various month-end ERP modules, and performing balance sheet reconciliations.
Validate accrual amounts vs. spending and suggest true-up amounts on a quarterly basis.
Track, report, and analyze plant cost factors such as labor, overhead, and freight.
Track and report plant scrap and inventory material usage variances.
Assists in physical inventories and cycle counting process as appropriate and monitors monthly inventory levels (raw material, WIP, and finished goods).
Book to Perpetual and Book to Physical variance analysis and root cause analysis.
Audits and maintains fixed asset schedules; Works with project owners to ensure timely capitalization of equipment placed in service.
Validate capital spending with project owners to ensure accurate monthly reporting and facilitate the quarterly capital review meetings.
Secondary Responsibilities
Ensure the integrity of the financial information generated.
Help to implement consistency and process improvements in inventory control.
Performs product line profitability analysis.
Analyze and review bills of material to ensure accurate product costing.
Will occasionally act as a backup for Accounts Receivable.
Assist in performing post-capital project audits to verify savings that are being realized.
Assists with preparing monthly and quarterly manufacturing census reports.
Assists in the preparation of various reporting spreadsheets for tax or other government agencies.
Help to ensure adherence to Hytrol’s accounting/internal control procedures.
Performs special studies and analyses under the request and supervision of management.
In the broad context of accounting, additional duties will be required at certain times to increase experience and/or increase workload due to circumstances such as audits, special projects, process implementations, physical inventory, etc.
Required And Preferred Qualifications
Strong knowledge of process controls in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to work in a team environment across all levels of the organization is essential.
Strong analytical, organizational, time management, and multi-tasking skills.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel are a must, and experience in other data analytics software is a plus.
The financial nature and scope of responsibilities require any successful candidate for this role to be a person who is detail oriented.
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