Senior Accountant

Job Description POSITION TITLE: SENIOR ACCOUNTANTDEPARTMENT: FINANCE - ACCOUNTING & REPORTINGACCOUNTABLE TO: DIRECTOR OF FINANCEPOSITION PURPOSE:To maintain accounting records, it is necessary to pay company employees, invoice customers, cost manufactured products, process cash disbursements and compile monthly financial statements for the Harvey Vogel Enterprise.MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:ASSIST THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCEPerform other duties and assume other responsibilities as directed including assisting with:BudgetingInternal control policiesCost accountingGroup health insurance renewalsBenefit plan administrationPMA organization reporting and administrationInforming managers of the financial results of their areas of responsibility and communicate operating and plant performance data to apprise them of actual performance against goals and budgetsReview of cash disbursementsACCOUNTING and REPORTINGRaw Material Inventory: prepare annual inventory excel file from physical inventory tags, resolve issues with purchasing manager and agree balance to General LedgerAssist extensively in month-end closing and financial statement preparation by:Completing all month-end procedures necessary to prepare and finalize the trial balance used in compiling the financial statements including account reconciliations and journal entriesPreparing financial statements ready for review by the Vice President of FinanceMaintaining all financial spreadsheets used in the reporting process and preparing related monthly and quarterly reportsMaintaining book and tax fixed asset depreciation schedulesAssist outside CPA firm with the year-end review of HV including preparation of account reconciliations; maintain schedules used to prepare the corporate income tax returnAnalyze and ensure sales commission percentages agree to sales rep agreements; prepare final report; disburse monthly commission payments to outside sales repsCompile monthly shipment report detailing scrap, reject and returns and allowancesPrepare other reports as requested including PMA reports and governmental surveys; manage direct report in the preparation of scrap receipt reconciliationsDistribute reports as required per the President's expectations listPrepare monthly depreciation for capitalizable assets.Oversee Accounts Payable, ensure:Invoices agree with purchase ordersCommunication is made with vendors to resolve issues and invoicing problemsCash disbursements are processed according to company policyVendor accounts payable aging schedule is maintained, and balance agrees to General LedgerOutside services and accounts payable are analyzed for accurate job costing and Work-in-Process InventoryPrepare cash disbursements (check, ACH, credit card)PAYROLLDirectly process the salaried semi-monthly office payroll as very confidential and process hourly weekly payrollEnsure insurance information on vendor statements agrees with employee payroll recordsEnsure procedures manual for preparing payrolls are maintained and up to dateEnsure electronic payment of 401K deferrals are made on a weekly basisEnsure payroll activity recaps are completed as they are used for Standard Monthly Journal Entries to the general ledgerReview payroll check disbursementRESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS:Ensure Finance employees are cross trained to back up each other's tasksEnsure work instructions are prepared and current for specific tasksOffer Contingent on Successful Background Check