Accounting Analyst

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze costs, financial results, identify trends, variances, and unusual transactions, and provide recommendations to management.
• Work collaboratively with Production Department to review monthly plant expenses.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as assigned, including ad hoc reports and analyses.
• Assist with month-end closing.
• Prepare journal entries to accrue revenue and expenses or other items in accordance with GAAP and the accounting policies established by the company.
• Perform detailed account reconciliations for balance sheet and income statement accounts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Provide support and necessary documents for annual external audit.
• Provide support for income and other tax filing requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of regulatory requirements and best practices in accounting.
• Assist Assistant Controller to continue developing improvements in internal policies, procedures, and processes.
• Liaise with information systems and technologies team to implement improvements to the accounting system.

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking skills and understanding of basic accounting concepts (e.g. debits and credits).
• High-level knowledge of US GAAP.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, data validation, conditional formatting, and the ability to analyze and manipulate large datasets efficiently.
• Strong familiarity with productivity tools such as Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to quickly learn industry-related regulations quickly and utilize information in written reports.
• Comfortable preparing and delivering reports to management.
• Bachelor degree in accounting, finance, business or related field AND 4 to 6 years of full-time accounting experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) title is preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), CRM and have experience with other analytical software tools.
• Ability to comprehend complex written materials.
• Ability to develop training materials.
• Ability to clearly express ideas and establish an interactive learning environment.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups (executives, employees, customers and agents).
• Ability to resolve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished verbally or in written form.
• Strong problem solving and skills with ability to identify trends and develop action plans to address issues.

Physical Demands

• While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, or feel, and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and rarely lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The noise level in the office environment is usually quiet and the temperature is controlled.