Accounting Manager - Dayton, United States - Beontag

Description

Summary

The Accountant Manager is responsible for all activity areas relating to Accounting management, including month end close and accountable for the ongoing analysis of process constraints and tracing costs back to underlying activities.

This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices, and procedures to minimize overall risk, and timely processing of all accounting activities.

Monitor transactional detail in the ERP system and ensure accuracy.

The Accountant Manager supervises five staff Specialist.

This position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, general ledger analysis, audit preparation and the support of month end closing activities.

The Accounting Manager will have contact with the President and Executive Directors which requires strong interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Ensure smooth day to day operations of Accounting.
Assist with the month-end financial close process, including preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, and Balance Sheet analysis.

Fully support and help drive initiatives to improve & operationalize processes, innovate, and help resolve cross-functional issues as part of the Finance and Accounting team.

Support Accounting Specialist's in general accounting matters and generation of ad hoc projects or requests.
Support in external audit including preparing schedules and responding to audit inquiries.
Prepare journal entries, worksheets, reconciliations, and other documentation to ensure that transactions are recorded in accordance with GAAP.

Review monthly Management Company financial statements in collaboration with the FP&A to ensure that operations are accurately and timely reported.

Ensure accuracy of all general ledger entries and reconciliations.

Respond prepare and present to various quarterly and year-end audit requests, including the preparation and review of required audit schedules.

Prepare general ledger entries by maintaining records and files.
Reconcile balance sheet accounts. Calculate and analyze multiple reserve balances and propose adjusting entries.

Support the Accounting Specialist that tracks and analyzes the company's rebate and surcharge program, interfacing with the sales team and sales accounting.

Prepare, submit, and report operational tax liabilities such as Sales & Use, Personal Property and CAT.
Develop and implement accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures, recommending changes.
Answer accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data, including technical accounting guidance and the company's accounting policies.
Support the execution, performance, and results of various inventory programs such as inventory cycle counting and warehouse reconciliations. Assist Plants with resolving issues.
Ensure proper reserves are in place for Slow Moving and Obsolete inventory in accordance with GAAP.
Assist with Treasury & Cash Management
Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.

Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advises on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff.

Proactively seek out opportunities to implement process improvements, systems, and workflows to allow accounting infrastructure to scale up.
Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.
Proactively seek out opportunities to implement process improvements, systems, and workflows to allow accounting infrastructure to scale up.

Coordinate with IT department for system issues, system enhancements, maintenance, and development such as costing, accounting & finance activities, production, and purchasing.

Analyze ad-hoc and complex transactions, defining the relevant accounting treatment and documenting the basis for conclusions.
Ensure PP&E are properly recorded and controlled, in accordance with Beontag Group's guidelines.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.


Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis in Accounting or equivalent experience.
Five years of related experience in Accounting/general ledger area.
Five years of Supervisory experience.
with multinational companies is desirable.
verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with a multi-department team.
be PC proficient and able to thrive in a fast pace setting. Experience with INFOR/SyteLine or other large, automated accounting system a plus.
in Microsoft Office products.
Proficient in technology and equipment used in environmental inspections.
verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with a multi-department team.
interpersonal, supervisory and customer service skills required.
a CPA and IFRS knowledge are desirable.
Corporate Income Tax Experience

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

The ability to recognize and evaluate technical issues and limitations is required. The ability to define and manage expectations is critical. The ability to make sound decisions and actions is required.

Physical Requirements

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.

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 regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to use the computer to complete the computer skills required above. The employee is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Direct Reports

Yes

Travel

0-10%

Disclaimer

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.

Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.

Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.

The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

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