Job Description
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and external audit standards, acting as a key resource on best practices.
- Generate and analyze a variety of financial reports to support operational reviews on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
- Oversee the full Accounts Receivable cycle, including posting payments, processing credit adjustments, managing collections, and reconciling customer accounts.
- Contribute to the preparation and review of financial statements and management reports, including posting journal entries and compiling supporting data.
- Perform in-depth account reconciliations across various general ledger categories, such as inventory, payables, receivables, cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and accrued liabilities.
- Partner with departmental leaders to establish standard costing and conduct weekly variance analysis.
- Participate in the month-end and year-end closing activities to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
- Conduct detailed analyses and prepare documentation for excess and obsolete inventory, LIFO and FCA calculations, and other inventory-related assessments.
- Support the annual budgeting process, including proposal reviews and financial forecasting. Monitor budget performance and offer strategic guidance to leadership.
- Take on special projects and other accounting tasks as needed to support the evolving needs of the department.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong analytical mindset with a focus on continuous process improvement.
- Familiarity with ERP systems used for accounting and financial consolidation.
- Solid understanding of Accounts Payable workflows.
- Excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to work cross-functionally.
- Capable of juggling multiple priorities and meeting tight deadlines.
- Able to work independently while maintaining a collaborative team approach.
- Thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP and its application in day-to-day operations.