Accountant

AW-Lake is a growing company in the production chemical automation industry, dedicated to building quality products and enriching the lives of its employees. The Accountant role involves supporting the Sr Accountant and Controller by providing accurate reporting and analysis, managing general ledger accounting, and ensuring compliance with company policies.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for day-to-day general ledger accounting and reconciliation, financial reporting and analysis for all trial balance accounts
• Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of the results of the business performance against historical, budgeted, forecasted and strategic planning results to facilitate decision-making toward the achievement of the budget and strategic plan
• Support strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting process
• Monitor, analyze and report on inventory valuation and production costs
• Works with team of 2-3 accounting team members helping to get accounting information processed according to company policies
• Assist with understanding the business results and financial drivers of performance
• Maintains the company’s fixed assets
• Identify and communicate useful information to provide practical business leadership to drive business decision making across the company
• Provide ad-hoc financial analyses as needed
• Collaborates cross-functionally with internal teams and other business units to share ideas for improvements, learn or align new processes, and consult on best practices
• Support efforts to implement changes to continually improve processes, support standardization and effectiveness
• Support internal and external audit procedures
• Other duties as assigned
• Occasional travel up to 15%, may be required

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 1 -3 years of professional accounting experience
• Must have solid knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (EPICOR a plus), preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; particularly Excel and Power BI
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Personally accountable for your work product and outcomes
• Excellent organizational skills, and the ability to successfully handle multiple concurrent tasks
• Ability to meet deadlines and to work in a fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for dealing with all levels of staff, customers, suppliers, and operations
• Strong interpersonal skills and team oriented

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• 10 paid holidays each year, vacation, sick time and volunteer time
• 401(k) with employer match – immediately vested
• HSA, pre-tax health savings program
• Flexible work schedules that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Top-tier medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Scholarship Programs

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