Staff Accountant

Position Title: STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Position Summary: This position is responsible for various accounting tasks including daily, weekly, and monthly items.

Reports to: Director of Finance

Personnel: Not applicable.

Accountabilities: Accountable for understanding and following all SOPs and WIs related to job duties while supporting 6S and Lean Manufacturing concepts. Ensures compliance with generally accepted accounting procedures. Administers financial reporting systems with controls and standards to safeguard company assets. Ensures that timely and accurate financial information is maintained. 

Duties:

Accounts Payable

• Receive invoices, ensuring billing source is valid
• Verify purchase order receipts and ensure invoices are coded correctly
• Conduct invoice research and resolution as necessary to ensure proper payments
• Verify invoice data with information from ERP system (Visual Manufacturing)
• Enter invoices into accounts payable software system for processing
• Ensure proper workflow/approver is set up for each invoice
• Drive timely payments to vendors while following all processes and controls
• Process payment runs to accounting schedule requirements

Expense Reports

• Review and approve expense reports for compliance with company policies.
• Process payments for expense reports.
• Record transactions to the appropriate GL accounts.

Cash Transactions

• Record cash transactions from bank accounts daily.
• Apply customer payments according to remittances.
• Deposit checks as received.
• Record petty cash transactions.
• Reconcile cash GL accounts.

Perform other accounting related duties as necessary/assigned:

• Provide assistance to and serve as back up for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Payroll.
• Perform other month end duties as assigned.
• Perform general accounting duties as needed.
• Support company audits as needed.
• Review maintenance expenses for potential capital items.
• Ensure all duties have adequate process documentation.
• Work with other Precinmac companies to find best practices and standardize processes.

Job Qualification Requirements:

Educational Experience – Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; CPA or MBA a plus. Experience with Microsoft Office – with specific emphasis on advanced knowledge of Excel.

Experience - 0-3 years’ experience in accounting and finance. Understanding of accounting, general ledgers and key financial statements. Must be able to multi-task. Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to organize and efficiently analyze multiple sets of data. Ability to identify financial drivers and create analytical tools to track and explain their impact. Ability to work under deadline pressure and extra hours if needed.

Physical Demands - The employee is required to: 

• stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead, and bend to floor.
• exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally.

Certification Required - none

Visual Acuity - Accommodations as required for reading computer screens and documents.

Hearing Ability – Accommodations as required for communicating with internal and external customers.

Working Conditions - Normally works in an office environment. Very rarely, the employee may be subject to:

• shop floor environment
• high noise levels from operating machines
• physical hazards from moving equipment and production components
• breathing fumes, dust and mist
• skin exposure to oils and cutting fluids
• welding flashes.