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At Suddath, you can be part of something special and inclusive! Join a team that has a 100+ year reputation for excellence as an innovative, growing and financially stable company that is dedicated to promoting a culture that thrives on inclusion and diversity. From numerous awards to being recognized as one of the best places to work, Suddath offers a caring, family environment while providing relocation and logistics services to people and companies all around the world.

What We Offer!

• A competitive wage with a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching
• Weekly pay for hourly-paid employees. Biweekly pay for salaried employees.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
• A tuition reimbursement plan where employees are encouraged to continue their education and development
• For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit https://suddath.com/about/careers/ and scroll down to view our employee benefits.

General position summary:

Manage the daily activities of accounting coordinators (corporate and government), ensuring account reconciliations are recorded accurately and timely. Responsible for managing the monthly book close process, including but not limited to fixed fee transactions, schedules, and analytical reviews. Serve as primary support for accounting coordinators, actively reviewing, and assessing processes to maximize efficiencies and ensure completeness and accuracy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Management ofAccounting Coordinators, including completion of yearly performance appraisals
• Review and approve workday submissions for paid time off requests and submission of hours worked
• Review and approve posting journals for completeness and accuracy
• Manage all aspects of the book-close process. Prepare and post standard book close entries, including but not limited to bad debt, purchase and sale of properties, prepaid expenses, T&E accruals, etc. Provide guidance and support for the financial accounting team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of this process. Complete basic analytical review of the financials and provide summary to VP, Finance & Accounting.
• Prepare monthly interest schedules

• Monthly review and approval of aged property balances, ensuring proper balance sheet classification, timely follow-up, and collection of outstanding balances
• Perform detailed review and analysis of 113500 report (unbilled) for governmental clients ensuring transactions are handled appropriately and reclassified as needed. Data should be summarized and forwarded to Director of Accounting monthly
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, ensuring appropriate adjusting entries are submitted for approval
• Manage the balance sheet reconciliation process for assigned accounts, including analytical reviews, adjusting entries, and all related processes to ensure timely resolution of open items (pre & post book close)
• Manage the intercompany reconciliation process for all intercompany accounts (USD and International)
• Manage fixed asset processes including asset recognition, tracking in FAS software and reconciliation to the general ledger
• Assist with review and approval of daily disbursements as needed
• Establish measures and turn time targets for direct reports. Maintain volume and capacity reports.
• Perform routine reviews of accounting processes, identify areas of concern and deficiencies, review metrics, provide solutions and process changes as needed
• Assist with annual internal and external audits and special projects as needed

Specific Job Skills

• Strong organizational skills to manage daily responsibilities
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent communication skills.
• Teamwork and interpersonal skills required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has supervisory responsibilities

Other Duties & Responsibilities:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education & Experience:

• Two to three years' experience in a management or supervisory role
• Experience using Great Plains preferred, but not required
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, or commensurate experience

Travel:

• Less than 10% required.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Operations:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Planning/Organization:

• Ability to prioritize and re-prioritize as situations and needs change throughout the workday
• Ability to multi-task and organize workflow to manage daily responsibilities, meet deadlines and prioritize work.

Certificates/Licenses/Registrations:

• No Certifications Required

Working Conditions:

• Cubicle working environment
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Physical/Environmental Demands:

• Stand - Under 1/3 Time
• Walk - Under 1/3 Time
• Sit - Over 2/3 Time
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Over 2/3 Time
• Reach with hands and arms - 1/3 to 2/3 Time
• Climb or balance - None
• Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl - Under 1/3 Time
• Talk or hear - over 1/3 to 2/3 time
• Taste or smell - None
• Other - None

Physical Activity Level:

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.

Manual Dexterity:

• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.

Special Vision Requirements:

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

The Suddath Companies is a multifaceted group of companies that specialize in worldwide corporate employee relocations, household moving, warehouse and logistics management and specialized transportation services.

The Suddath Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.