Accounting Specialist

Responsibilities

• Prioritize safety by following all safety standards, procedures, and practices to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and others.
• Pay vendors by verifying federal ID numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies, ensuring credit for outstanding memos, and issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
• Assemble statements and reports using multiple data sources.
• Operate computers with accounting software to record, store, and analyze financial information.
• Verify figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper coding.
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports and recording entries.
• Administer the employee reimbursement process.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Operate 10-key calculators, computers, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
• Perform general office duties such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.
• Access computerized financial information to answer general and account-specific questions.
• Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and maintain financial records using journals, ledgers, or computers.
• Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases using specialized accounting software.
• Match order forms with invoices and record necessary information.
• Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to ensure accuracy.
• Protect the organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Perform other incidental and related duties as required and assigned.
• Work with other departments to resolve issues.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere with a culture of respect for others.
• Use appropriate judgment in upward communication regarding plant or employee concerns.
• Maintain a working knowledge of and comply with corporate standards for business conduct and Federal anti-trust laws.
• Adhere to Cellofoam North America Inc. company focus areas: Safety, Financial, Customer, and People.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of job-related experience in accounting.
• High School diploma or GED; 2-year degree or comparable work-related experience in accounting.

Skills

• Core Competencies:
  • Initiative: Identifies problems and takes proactive action to address current or future issues.
  • Customer Service Orientation: Focuses on discovering and meeting customer needs, building trust in all relationships.
  • Work Habits: Efficiently organizes and executes assignments, demonstrating self-discipline and reliability.
  • Analytical Skills / Problem Solving: Breaks down situations or problems systematically, organizes data, and develops countermeasures.
  • Flexibility / Adaptability: Adapts to various situations and individuals, seeks opposing perspectives, and adjusts approach as needed.
  • Works Safely: Strives for an accident-free workplace and treats safety as a personal responsibility.
  • Teamwork: Contributes to group efforts, offers improvement ideas, and demonstrates cooperation.
  • Mutual Respect and Support: Works cooperatively with others, welcomes opposing ideas, and treats everyone respectfully.
• Knowledge:
  • Clerical: Administrative and clerical procedures, including word processing, file management, and office systems.
  • Mathematics: Arithmetic, algebra, statistics, and their applications.
  • Customer & Personal Service: Principles for assessing customer needs and ensuring satisfaction.
  • General Economics and Accounting: Economic and accounting principles, financial markets, and financial data analysis/reporting.
• Technical Skills:
  • MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Word, MS-Outlook
  • Accounting software
  • Windows 10
• Abilities:
  • Near Vision: Ability to see details at close range.
  • Oral Comprehension: Understand spoken information and ideas.
  • Oral Expression: Communicate information clearly in speech.
  • Written Comprehension: Read and understand written information.
  • Written Expression: Communicate effectively in writing.
  • Mathematical Reasoning: Choose appropriate methods to solve problems.
  • Problem Sensitivity: Recognize when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
  • Speech Clarity: Speak clearly so others can understand.
  • Speech Recognition: Identify and understand others' speech.
  • Deductive Reasoning: Apply general rules to specific problems.
  • Inductive Reasoning: Combine information to form general conclusions.
  • Number Facility: Perform arithmetic quickly and accurately.
  • Perceptual Speed: Quickly compare similarities and differences among data.
  • Selective Attention: Concentrate on tasks without distraction.

Other Information

Position may require occasional domestic travel. Flexibility in working hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as required. Overtime may be necessary. May occasionally lift up to 30 lbs.