Staff Accountant - Carrollton, United States - ASSA ABLOY

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Career Opportunities: Staff Accountant

Requisition ID Posted - 4Front Engineered Solutions, Inc - BSI IB NA Sales Group - USA: Texas (Carrollton) - Finance - Posting Country (1) - Yes - Entry level - Travel Required: 0%-10%

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The Staff Accountant position is in our Carrollton, TX facility. This is not a remote role.

Position Summary: The Staff Accountant is responsible for applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports including meeting the accounts payable, accounts receivable, month-end close, audit, financial records, and compliance requirements of the company. This role will work closely with the Plant Finance and management team to provide transactional support and ensure the proper financial recording and reconciliation of expenses.

+ Description of Essential Job Functions:

+ Support the AP/AR and Treasury process through preparation of ad-hoc analysis and reports as needed. Process miscellaneous credit memos and invoices.

+ Perform cutoff testing monthly, create/maintain Z-file records, and create intercompany aging (APS, Canada & Muskego).

+ Coordinate prepaid amortization, freight distribution, and installation accrual.

+ Perform general insurance allocations.

+ Complete intercompany entries with Mexico.

+ Review, investigate, and correct errors and inconsistencies in entries, documents, and reports.

+ Assist with monthly close process transactions and balance sheet reconciliations ensuring its timely and quality output.

+ Perform timely reconciliations needed to meet accounting compliance submissions and support audit data requests.

+ Assist with preparation and gathering data for audits; audit and maintain expense reports.

+ Reconcile bank accounts and investigate findings monthly.

+ Prepare journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations and handle miscellaneous inventory entries, payroll entries, sales tax EFT, miscellaneous bank entries, and healthcare allocation.

+ Set up and maintain address book records in JDE (Vendor, Employee, Tax, Transportation Carrier, etc.).

+ File sales tax returns accurately and timely; maintain sales tax and prepaid account records.

+ Responsible for maintenance of the company credit card program.

+ Book transactions and categorize records in the general ledger (by assets, liabilities, and expenses).

+ Accurately maintain financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts while ensuring compliance with GAAP.

+ Meet processing and reporting deadlines.

+ Assist Controller and Senior Accountant in miscellaneous projects and analyses. Perform ad-hoc analysis and reports as needed.

+ Actively participate in cross-functional teams including spending time on the manufacturing floor and in plants to understand and improve processes and compliance procedures.

+ Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

+ Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

+ Bachelors degree in Accounting.

+ 0-2+ years of directly related experience in an accounting or financial analysis role, manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

+ Experience with ERP systems.

Computer Skills

+ Ability to use a personal computer utilizing spreadsheet and word processing software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

+ Advanced/Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Office Suite; Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint preferred.

+ Proficiency in computer software including JDE Accounting Package is a plus.

Certificates, Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

+ None

Other Skills, Abilities, or Core Competencies:

+ Ability to create advanced reports in Excel.

+ Working knowledge of budget development.

+ Contributes to building a positive team spirit.

+ Balances team and individual responsibilities.

+ Coaching, mentoring, and team-building skills.

+ Strong analytical, administrative, and problem-solving skills.

+ Ability to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives.

+ Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

+ Polished group and interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.

+ Puts success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

+ Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback.

+ Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task in a changing environment.

+ Advanced knowledge and understanding of basic accounting principles and procedures.

+ Must be self-motivated, goal oriented, quality-driven, and capable of working with minimum supervision.

+ Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, work effectively within time constraints and deadlines, and maintain composure.

+ Must possess integrity and be able to manage confidential information with the utmost care, security, and discretion.

+ Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

+ Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

+ Safety Focus - Adheres to all workplace and trade safety laws, regulations, standards, and practices by learning and following safe work procedures in a manufacturing environment.

+ Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; Contributes to profits and revenue; Conserves organizational resources.

+ Communications - Communicates accurately, clearly, effectively, and directly both verbally and written, internally and externally, across all mediums, audiences, and situations.

+ Flexibility - Adapts to and works with a variety of situations, individuals, and groups; is open to different and new ways of doing things; willingness to modify ones preferred way of doing things.

+ Global Mindset - Embraces the idea that there are differences between the global and local levels, and that these differences should be acknowledged and leveraged as a strategic business advantage.

+ Core Values - Ability to genuinely champion Company vision, mission, values including the ability and willingness to demonstrate and uphold the Company's Core Values of Empowerment, Innovation, and Integrity.

+ Customer Focused - Demonstrates dedication to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and acts with customers in mind.

+ Quality Orientation - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; strives for continuous improvement and looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.

+ Demonstrating Beliefs and Principles - Openly confronts actions or decisions that do not align with his/her core beliefs, values, and principles; lets people know where he/she stands on issues and why; willing to agree to disagree when appropriate.

+ Creativity and Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; Generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; encourages new ideas and innovations; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.

+ Accountability & Dependability - Takes personal responsibility for own actions and the quality and timeliness of work, and achieves results with little oversight; follows instructions, responds to management direction; keeps commitments and completes tasks on time; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.

+ Valuing Diversity - Appreciates and leverages the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals including those with culturally different backgrounds; works effectively with individuals of diverse style, ability, and motivation; values diverse perspectives and working with others as a way to achieve the best output possible.

+ Diagnostic Information Gathering -?The ability to identify the information, assistance, and support needed to clarify a situation, seek that information from professional partnerships with others inside or outside the organizations, and use skillful questioning to draw out the information, when others are reluctant to disclose it.

+ Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; able to do firsthand investigation, analysis, and track back to arrive at the root cause of a problem and then identify best possible solutions or countermeasures that must be done to resolve the problem or achieve the goal; works well in-group problem solving situations.

+ Technical & Professional Skill and Expertise - Ability to demonstrate depth of knowledge and skill acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job at a high level of accomplishment; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

+ Self-Development & Continual Learning - Displays an ongoing commitment to learning and self-improvement; making an effort to acquire and apply new knowledge or skills for work; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self-learning and development; actively seeks feedback and works on compensating for weakness and limits.

+ Fostering Teamwork - Ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; capable of working well with others both on the team and cross-functionally to achieve individual goals, team goals, department goals, and/or organizational goals; supports team decisions.

+ Leveraging Customer Networks - Understands how work gets done in organizations; purposefully develops internal and external customer relationships to build value through collaboration; builds networks that allow him/her to efficiently drive projects through the organizational structure; maximizes productivity while staying within constraints of formal organizational policies and rules.

+ Facilitating Change - The ability to develop, sponsor, or support different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities including the introduction of new and improved methods, products, procedures, or technologies to improve the organization's effectiveness; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace by encouraging and helping others successfully manage organizational change.

+ Integrity, Trust, & Respect - Accomplishes results while maintaining respect for others, empathy, trust, fairness, and positive communications and relationships; demonstrates high ethical standards, integrity, and moral character; supports Company policies and practices in all work activities; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; follows through on commitments; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesnt misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

+ Guiding Behaviors - Demonstrates 4Front's guiding behaviors: develops and maintains effective relationships with others; takes the initiative on actions to accomplish goals and objectives and proactively looks for ways to improve existing processes; takes personal responsibility for own actions and for the quality and timeliness of work, and acts with a sense of urgency to achieves results; can be counted on to exceed goals successfully and constantly drives for results.

Other Qualifications, Experience, or Requirements:

+ Requires a valid motor vehicle operators license and the ability to operate a motor vehicle while carefully observing all traffic rules and regulations.

+ Requires the ability to use a variety of office/production related equipment such as a telephone and photocopier.

+ Work beyond the traditional 40 hours per week may be required as workload or projects dictate, including weekends and holidays.

+ Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The phrases occasionally, regularly, and frequently correspond to the following definitions: occasionally means up to 1/3 of working time, regularly means between 1/3 and 2/3 of working time, and frequently means 2/3 and more of working time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

+ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls, and talk and/or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and/or reach above shoulders.

+ The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds while performing duties such as moving files or manuals. Specific vision requirements of this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

+ Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

+ The employee must occasionally travel on Company business.

+ The employee must occasionally wear a hard hat and eye protection while working in manufacturing areas.

+ The noise level in the work environment is moderate while working in the office but may be loud while working in production areas.

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