Sr Accountant

​Accounting & Finance Responsibilities

• Manage the accounts payable process for the site, including invoice submission, PO compliance, vendor statement reviews, and ensuring timely processing by the Hobart team

• Execute monthly close processes, preparing required financial reports, account reconciliations, and analyses

• Handle operational and general accounting tasks such as journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and company financial policies/procedures across the Hobart Plant

• Support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts by ensuring internal controls are documented and functioning effectively

• Manage accounts payable, accruals, and expense reporting

• Prepare variance reports, weekly reports, and month-end financial deliverables

Payroll Responsibilities

• Oversee the direct payroll time system, ensuring all daily and weekly tasks are completed accurately and on time

• Manage weekly payroll adjustments and submit them to corporate payroll for processing

• Maintain the UKG system, updating employee records, pay rates, and other system changes

• Ensure compliance with all payroll-related regulations, including taxes, wage and hour laws, and deductions

• Serve as a resource for employees and supervisors by providing guidance on payroll policies and procedures

• Lead weekly payroll orientation sessions for hourly, salaried, and salaried non-exempt employees

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Act as a change agent, identifying and driving process improvements within payroll and accounting operations

• Partner with internal teams and auditors to support external/internal audit requests

• Provide financial insights for cost reduction and savings projects

• Participate in site-level meetings and cross-functional initiatives to support the broader manufacturing facility

• Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Accounting or Finance required. 

• 4+ years’ general accounting experience required.

• Experience with cost accounting and expense budgeting.

• Experience with enterprise systems such as SAP, JDE, BPCS, or other AS400 systems preferred.

• Ability to interact positively with employees at all levels of the organization regarding accounting and finance.

• Ability 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.

• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, specifically 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/8:30am to 4:30pm/5:30pm Hybrid (3-4 days/wk)

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