Accountant

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West Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Automotive • Greentech
The Role
Prepare month-end journal entries, financial statements, reconciliations, reports, accruals, fixed-asset schedules, and variance analyses. Ensure accurate GL coding, tax entries, payroll tax return reviews, and corporate deadline compliance. Assist with rolling forecasts, annual budgets, five-year business planning, audits, and special projects while coordinating with departments and supporting accounting procedures.
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Job Title: Accountant  

 

Job Summary: 

 

Responsible for the completion of month end reporting from journal entries through to the financial statements. Provide various monthly reports, ensure fixed asset sub ledger is continually updated and prepare monthly reconciliations and assist in monthly variance analysis. 

 

Responsibility: 

  • Prepare all journal entries with complete back up in a timely and accurate manner.  
  • Ensure all corporate deadlines are met regarding tax entry and sales matrix.  
  • Prepare financial statements, reconciliations and supporting reports in a timely manner.  
  • Prepare monthly income statements and other monthly reports in a timely manner.  
  • Assist in preparation of monthly variance analysis reporting. 
  • Prepare month end reconciliations in a timely manner.  
  • Ensure GL coding is accurate.  
  • Analyze and prepare monthly system generated accruals.  
  • Prepare all fixed asset schedules for year-end audit.  
  • Assist with the preparation of a twelve-month rolling forecast as required. 
  • Assist with preparation of annual budget and five-year business plan as required.  
  • Responsible for monitoring and reviewing the quarterly and annual payroll tax returns.  
  • Special projects as required.  

 

Academic/Educational Requirements: 

  • A bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance and work experience in manufacturing or warehousing is preferred.   

 

Required Skills/Experiences: 

 

  • A minimum of five years' leadership experience in commercial finance or banking would be preferred. 
  • Ability to make sound financial decisions and change accounting procedures as needed. 
  • Minimum four to six years of experience in accounting or in a related area. 
  • Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practice, and procedures.  
  • Ability to use various computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.  
  • Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.  
  • Interact with co-workers and accountants and act as a liaison between different departments.  

What Linamar Has to Offer: 

  • Competitive Compensation 
  • Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc 
  • Opportunities for career advancement. 
  • Sustainability Council 
  • Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.  

About Us: 

 

Skyjack supplies construction rental companies globally with quality engineered, simple, and reliable access and telehandler equipment. Initially started as a scissor lift manufacturer in 1985 and has grown to become a world leader in the general Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) industry.   

 

As a dominant player in a consistently evolving industry, Skyjack employees thrive on absorbing new information and have a thirst for continuous improvement in their professional selves. In 2002 Skyjack became a part of the Linamar Corporation and has since been able to leverage strategic partnerships and use the guidance of their parent company to rapidly change the face of the access industry.   

 

Every aspect of the company is deeply rooted in Skyjacks safety initiatives as this can be an extremely challenging industry. Skyjack prides itself on being simply reliable and easy to do business with. This mission extends to the relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees.  

  

With access to state-of-the-art tools and resources, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact alongside a team of driven and passionate professionals. Join us and be part of a company where innovation, collaboration, and growth are at the heart of everything we do.   

  

Linamar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workplace without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Linamar Corporation encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will reasonably accommodate applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process upon request.   

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • Experience in manufacturing or warehousing
  • Minimum four to six years of experience in accounting or a related area
  • Five years of leadership experience in commercial finance or banking
  • Ability to make sound financial decisions and modify accounting procedures as needed
  • Familiarity with accounting concepts, practices, and procedures
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to plan and accomplish goals using extensive experience and judgment
  • Ability to collaborate with coworkers and accountants and liaise between departments
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The Company
HQ: Guelph, ON
5,907 Employees
Year Founded: 1966

What We Do

Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) is an advanced manufacturing company where the intersection of leading-edge technology and deep manufacturing expertise is creating solutions that power vehicles, motion, work and lives for the future. The Company is made up of two operating segments – the Industrial segment and the Mobility segment, both global leaders in manufacturing solutions and world-class developers of highly engineered products. The Industrial segment is comprised of Skyjack, MacDon and Salford. Skyjack manufactures scissor, boom and telehandler lifts for the aerial work platform industry. MacDon manufactures combine draper headers and self-propelled windrowers for the agricultural harvesting industry. Salford also supplies the agriculture market with farm tillage and crop fertilizer applicator equipment. The Mobility segment is focused on propulsion systems, structural and chassis systems, energy storage and power generation for both the global electrified and traditionally powered vehicle markets, and is subdivided into three regional groups and one global product group: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the newly formed Structures Group. The Regional Mobility groups are vertically integrated operations combining expertise in light metal casting, forging, machining and assembly. The Linamar Structures Group offers competitive lightweight innovations for safety-critical components and systems for the global mobility market. In addition, the eLIN Product Solutions Group focuses on Electrification and McLaren Engineering provides design, development, and testing services for the Mobility segment. Linamar’s medical solutions group, Linamar MedTech, focuses on manufacturing solutions for medical devices and precision medical components. Linamar has over 31,000 employees in 70 manufacturing locations, 14 R&D centres and 28 sales offices in 19 countries in North and South America, Europe and Asia, which generated sales of more than $7.9 billion in 2022.

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