The Role
Senior Accountant responsible for financial close activities, fixed assets, inventory, revenue accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, audit support, tax filings, leasing under ASC 842, budgeting, and accounting issue resolution. The role collaborates with finance, operations, and executive teams and requires strong Excel skills, accounting experience, and occasional travel to company locations.
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Senior Accountant
SMS Mill Services, LLC is a leader in the steel mill services industry prioritizing recycling and environmental/worker' safety and handling all operations with integrity. SMS Corporate is seeking a motivated, detail-oriented and professional Senior Accountant. This position is best suited for someone who is passionate about being an integral part of a driven accounting team and is self-motivated to make things happen efficiently and accurately. Reporting to the Vice President of Finance this role will be responsible for coordinating the timely and accurate execution of the financial close including significant areas impacting the business units, revenue accounting and controls, fixed assets and inventory. This key position will help develop, strategize, and implement the shared services vision for the accounting function.
SMS provides a comprehensive range of services for steel mill customers. We partner with our customers to design custom, cost-effective solutions, which focus on adding value and achieving goals for the operation and the environment. Our range of services includes, but is not limited scrap yard management, finished or semi-finished product services, melt shop services, logistics/transportation support, and slag processing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain fixed asset subledger by recording additions, disposals and location transfers in a timely manner. Preparing monthly reconciliation to support associated balance sheet accounts and verify depreciation and gain/loss expense calculations are accurate.
- Actively participate in the month-end and year-end accounting close process including the preparation of standard and non-re occurring journal entries.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations such as prepaids, current and non-current liabilities, intercompany and other areas as assigned.
- Analyze company and subsidiary financial activity to ensure accurate financial records.
- Assist in bank reconciliation and treasury functions as needed.
- Research and resolve accounting issues.
- Assist in the preparation of statutory filings, property tax filings and sales/use tax filings.
- Support the annual audit process.
- Support the annual budget process.
- Leasing/ASC 842 responsibilities
- Other duties as assigned
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- CPA, MBA not required but would be a plus.
- 5-7 years’ experience in accounting role.
- Manufacturing experience is a plus.
- Strong Excel skills required.
- Ability to travel 10% to company locations.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with all levels of the organization, including FPA team, operational managers, and the executive team.
What we can Offer:
- A comprehensive compensation package to commensurate with experience including bonuses
- Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, company-paid life insurance, etc. offered on day 1!
- 401(k) with 4% matching, 100% vested as of first contribution
- Paid holidays, 4 weeks paid vacation
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
SMS Mill Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. SMS Mill Services, LLC makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- 5-7 years of experience in an accounting role
- Strong Excel skills
- CPA or MBA
- Manufacturing experience
- Ability to travel 10% to company locations
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with finance, operations, and executive teams
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The Company
What We Do
SMS Mill Services is a global industrial-services provider supporting steel mills and metals-recycling operations. Its work includes raw-materials and scrap handling, processing, slag handling and treatment, and steel-mill support. The company also operates marine-vessel dismantlement and recycling facilities, using specialized equipment and asset-management programs to improve reliability, efficiency, productivity, and environmental performance for steel-producing and recycling customers across the United States, Europe, and Brazil.
