Senior Accountant

Company Overview

Safe Haven Defense US is an industry leader in effective security solutions, delivering an innovative, durable, and proven solution designed to protect people, property, and mission-critical operations. We are dedicated to making environments safer through high-performance products, technical expertise, and trusted client partnerships.

Position Summary

Safe Haven Defense US is seeking a new Senior Accountant in Arizona to maintain financial records and reports of the company, facilitate the month-end close process, perform account reconciliations, sales tax reporting, and oversee Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. This position will also assist the leadership with budgets and forecast and other general-ledger tasks. This is a salaried, exempt position (not eligible for overtime) and allows for 1 day to work from home.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly closing journal entries in Quickbooks.
• Maintain reconciliations for balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Reconcile vendor payables and customer receivables.
• Manage customer billing and collections.
• Ensure revenue and expenses are properly recorded in Quickbooks.
• Process and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly cash reconciliations.
• Manage vendor billing and payment remittance including overseeing the Accounting Coordinator with processing approved invoices in the accounting system and corresponding payments to vendors.
• Oversee the management of monthly company credit card reconciliations.
• Oversee multi-state sales tax processing and reconcile related sales tax liability accounts.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and company policies.
• Responsible for generating monthly sales commission reports and statements.
• Support financial year-end audit and other reporting requests.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• Seven years of related accounting experience required in an equivalent role.
• 3-5 years of management experience.
• 3 years of experience working with sales tax.
• Demonstrated experience with accounting, HRIS and CRM software. Quickbooks, Miter and Hubspot preferred.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Required Skills

• Professional self-starter and service-oriented team player who is able to work both independently and collaboratively on a team with other departments to prioritize tasks to meet and enforce deadlines for multiple projects at a time.
• Takes a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, communicate and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication customer-service skills with both internal and external audiences.
• Strong multi-project organizational, analytical and expert attention to detail-oriented skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced high growth professional environment.
• Able to handle time-sensitive multiple projects concurrently.
• Analytical thinker with advanced problem-solving and time management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software with advanced expertise with Microsoft Excel.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, drive, and/or walk for 2-10 hours per day.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for 2-8 hours per day.
• Physical capability to perform tasks involving frequent standing, sitting, walking, driving, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, reaching, climbing, finger and foot control, writing and repetitive handling/grasping.
• Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects with the human body occasionally.
• Hearing and speaking ability sufficient to carry on a conversation with another individual (or groups of individuals) in person, over the telephone, and virtual video communication applications.
• Visual ability sufficient to read and produce printed material and information displayed on a computer screen.

Benefits

• Medical insurance (75% company paid)
• Dental insurance (75% company paid)
• Vision insurance (75% company paid)
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Life insurance (Basic 100% company paid)
• Short-Term Disability (100% company paid)
• Long-Term Disability
• Paid time off, Paid Sick Time, Bereavement
• Parental leave
• Critical Illness
• Hospital Indemnity
• Accident
• And more!