Sr Staff Accountant

 Section 1 – Summary of the Position

 

Consolidation and analysis of our financial statements and the preparation and communication of all external financial reporting documents.

 

  Section 2 – Key Responsibilities

 

1. Perform various month-end responsibilities including:

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Prepare Consolidating Schedules

Journal Entry Preparation

Prepare/Generating System Consolidating, Center and Corporate Reports

Operational Reporting/Analysis

Write Accounting Comments

Prepare Miscellaneous Month End Financial Schedules/Reports

 

2. General Ledger: Report and Account Maintenance

Bank Account Reconciliation

Inter-company Account Reconciliation

Maintain Automatic/Recurring Journal Entries

GL Accounts Analysis and Reconciliation

Volume Reporting and Analysis

Assist with Quarter End and Year End Audit Process

Assist with Annual Budgeting Process

Miscellaneous Special Projects/Analysis/Process Improvements

Daily Cash Flow Management

Ad-hoc assignments

 

3. Manage/Supervise AR, AP, and Jr. Accountant

 

4. Backup for Payroll Processing

 

  Section 3 – Core Competencies

 

Technical (knowledge, skills and abilities)

·         Intermediate Knowledge of Accounting Practices and familiarity with GAAP.

·         Intermediate Analytical skills.

·         Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

·         Proven commitment to accuracy, consistency, integrity & confidentiality.

·         Excellent management skills.

·         Ability to follow procedures and maintain documentation in a neat and organized fashion.

·         Advanced PC skills (Word, Excel, FAS).

  Behavior/Relationship Core Competencies

(Leaders Core Competencies)

 

·         Business Awareness – Understand the organization’s strategic mission and key business trends and challenges; understand of how external trends influence the company and the associate’s organization; understand how the Accounting team will contribute to the organization’s strategic mission. 

 

·         Building Relationships –Maintains and enhances the self-esteem of associates; considers individual interests and abilities when assigning priorities; seeks collaboration by encouraging trust, mutual respect, and shared purpose among the group; resolves conflict through authentic dialogue refraining from personal attacks and excessive emotions.

 

·         Implementing – Holds others accountable to deliver on commitments and promises; Understands the impact of decisions on peers, customers and other departments; changes strategies/behaviors in response to changing priorities; establishes systems and procedures to track the status of projects and tasks; breaks down unclear issues systematically by asking questions and assessing risk.

 

·         Quality – Conceptualizes the underlying causes of problems and drives to continuously improve products and services; Analyzes service and quality requirements, identify gaps from those requirements in the current state, takes corrective action to close the gaps; calls each associates to a higher level of performance through high expectations, confidence building, and authentic coaching.  Inspires willing improvement.

 

·         Leadership – Models and reinforces behaviors which communicate the vision, mission, values and desired environment of the company; gains respect by building trust and credibility; encourages associates to be innovative and willing to take risks and tolerates well-intentioned mistakes; understands each person’s role and unique needs and displays respect for contribution; helps others reach higher levels of performance through clarity of vision, trust, delegation, participation, and coaching.

 

·         Development – Uses assignments of people as development opportunities; provides support on developmental assignments by giving information and advice; engages in coaching by providing regular, specific feedback that associate can use to continually improve performance.

 

Experience:

 

·         BA/BS in Accounting.

·         Professional Exposure to GAAP.

·         At least 5 – 7 years as Staff Accountant in manufacturing environment.

·         At least 3 - 5 years of supervisory skills