Senior Accountant

Job Summary

The Senior Accountant is a key member of the finance team responsible for executing and owning core accounting functions in a multi-entity manufacturing environment. This position will directly execute and own journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across multiple legal entities. This role requires strong initiative—anticipating needs, identifying breakdowns before they escal and stepping in without prompting to ensure continuity of operations.

The role is critical to creating operational bandwidth within the finance function by strengthening transactional accuracy and close execution. The Senior Accountant will work closely with operations to provide financial insights that support business decision-making and process improvement. The Senior Accountant must operate independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate full ownership of assigned responsibilities and deliverables. Critical skills for this position include strong GAAP knowledge, clear and professional communication, attention to detail, confidentiality, accountability, and the highest degree of integrity.

Critical to this role is a demonstrated ability to be self-directed in prioritizing important tasks while working with limited oversight. The successful candidate demonstrates strong problem-solving ability and a commitment to continuous professional development.

• Execute and support general accounting functions, including general ledger activity, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Own the quality, accuracy, and completeness of assigned components of the monthly close cycle, ensuring transactions are properly recorded, reviewed, and reconciled proactively.
• Prepare, review, and post journal entries to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP.
• Execute and own assigned components of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Perform account reconciliations for assigned accounts, identifying discrepancies, and making necessary adjustments.
• Own reconciliation integrity for assigned balance sheet accounts, ensuring reconciliations are accurate, fully supported, and completed timely each period.
• Prepare and support the accuracy and completeness of financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of financial data within the ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or similar), ensuring proper classification, posting, and reconciliation of transactions.

• Ensure integrity of inventory accounting through accurate recording, reconciliation, and variance analysis of raw materials and finished goods.
• Reconcile variances from monthly and year-end physical inventory counts and prepare inventory valuation reports.
• Work with operations to implement inventory controls and reduce discrepancies.

• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts by providing cost data, trend analysis, and financial insights.
• Support the Finance team in preparing financial projections for capital expenditures, labor, materials, and overhead costs as needed.

• Ensure adherence to GAAP and company policies for financial reporting and compliance.
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing required documentation and explanations.
• Maintain organized records of all financial transactions and related supporting documentation.

• Analyze current accounting processes, identify areas for improvement, and recommend solutions to increase efficiency.
• Support implementations and integrations of new systems and software as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data accuracy and streamline reporting.

• Provide management with insights into financial performance, including key metrics, variances, and trend analysis.
• Develop ad hoc analysis and reports to support decision-making for production and cost control.

• Demonstrate…