Senior Accountant

Why Us?

We want the best and brightest people to help us achieve our mission to develop and deliver life-enhancing products through focused execution. Our nearly 3,000 global team members understand the important role we play in delivering healthcare and are dedicated to supporting each other as we work to bring the best treatments forward. Our shared values of Integrity & Quality, Innovation, Drive, Collaboration and Empathy guide our team and enable us to deliver upon our vision of helping everyone we serve live their best life.

Job Description Summary

The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing operational and general accounting, weekly direct employee payroll, and supporting accounts payable in a team-based environment that supports the Hobart, NY manufacturing facility. The position will be responsible for identifying opportunities for improvement in transactional processes and internal control compliance.

Job Description

• Ensures daily and weekly tasks are completed to deliver on the execution of the entire payroll cycle.
• Reports weekly payroll adjustments to corporate payroll.
• Maintains the UKG system for employee changes, pay rate changes and other systematic changes.
• Ensures compliance with all payrolls related items (taxes, wage and hour laws, special deductions, etc.).
• Provides daily assistance to employees and supervisors on general payroll policies.
• Maintains a thorough, up-to-date knowledge of company payroll policies.
• Presents weekly payroll orientation for hourly, salary and salary non-exempt employees.
• Maintains the accounts payable process for site including submission of invoices, PO Compliance, Vendor statement review, ensuring invoices are processed timely by Hobart team.
• Perform the monthly closing process and prepare required financial reports, analysis and account reconciliations.
• Execute operational and general accounting close responsibilities, including performing journal entries, analyzing and reconciling accounts.
• Ensure the Hobart Plant manufacturing facility follows GAAP and all Company Financial policies/procedures.
• Assist with requests to support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to ensure internal controls are functioning properly.
• Responsible for general accounting accounts payable and accruals.
• Assist with the production of reports across the site including expense reports and variance reports.
• Performs weekly and month end reports as required perform other duties as assigned.
• Drive continuous improvement across the site related to preferred transactional process.
• Acts as an agent for change for the accounting function.
• Provide support for external/internal audit requests as required.
• Provide financial support for the calculation of cost reduction savings projects.
• Participate in manufacturing site meetings and activities as required.

Education / Experience / Skills:

• Minimum of an undergraduate degree from an accredited college/university with emphasis in Accounting or Finance. 
• Minimum of 4 years’ general accounting experience required.
• Experience with cost accounting and expense budgeting.
• Experience with enterprise systems such as JDE, BPCS, or other AS400 systems preferred.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to interact positively with employees at all levels of the organization regarding accounting and finance.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent skills using Microsoft Office applications, more specifically Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Must be able to work in a team-oriented, fast paced environment.
• Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to demonstrate a serious commitment to accuracy and quality while meeting goals or deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, initiate and retain process improvements through various available tools and technology.
• Demonstrated capability with Microsoft Office applications, intermediate skills in Excel.

This position reports directly to the Hobart Controller.  This position will interact will all levels of management throughout the company and with non-exempt employees.  The work environment is an office setting.

• Attention to Detail:  Is thorough and precise in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small; monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently; double-checks the accuracy of information and work product to provide accurate and consistent work; provides information on a timely basis and in a usable form to others who need to act on it; remains aware and takes care of details that are easy to overlook or dismiss as insignificant; compares observations of finished work to what is expected to find inconsistencies.
• Analytical:  Uses a systematic approach in solving problems through analysis of problem and evaluation of alternate solutions; uses logic, mathematics, or other problem-solving tools in data analysis or in generating solutions; logically and thoughtfully sorts through ambiguity and alternatives with rigor and discipline that crystallizes ideas for action; goes beyond analyzing factual information to develop a conceptual understanding of the meaning of a range of information; integrates diverse themes and lines of reasoning to create new insights or levels of understanding for the issue at hand; thinks in terms of generalized models rather than concrete details.
• Customer Focus:  Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Integrity & Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidence; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
• Teamwork:   Willingly works cooperatively with others and contributes to the group with ideas, suggestions, and effort;  does not talk about team members in a negative manner in their absence; participates consistently as an active team player; open to others’ ideas and suggestions; willing to share own ideas and information and not retain knowledge as power; encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity in the team; respects authority and recognizes own role and limitations; motivates and challenges others.
• Time Management: Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.

Location: Hobart, NY Facility

Hours 7:30am to 4:30pm Hybrid

Non-Exempt position

Must have the ability to work occasional overtime and holidays to process payroll (i.e. if Monday is company holiday)

NYS SALARY: 90K-100K

EEO Statement:

We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment, and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.