Senior Staff Accountant

Main accountabilities and tasks

• Leading the financial accounting for the organization, accountable for A/P, A/R and G/L
• Responsible for creating and maintaining all SOPs related to financial transactions: A/P, A/R and G/L
• Accountable for accurately and timely executing closing procedures
• Assigns and oversees resources and skills, monitors progress, and evaluates results of the completed tasks/projects
• Ensures that the applied practices and procedures are compliant with applicable policies, laws, and regulations
• Accountable to create and report on monthly KPI’s
• Accountable for follow up with various stakeholders and timely resolution of issues
• Supports the identification and implementation of improvements in the areas of accounting activities
• Supports the Manufacturing Controller and Head of Finance
• Managing the credit and collections policy and processes
• Cash management, including weekly cash forecasting
• Liaison with internal treasury for cash management systems
• Financial statement preparation and monthly reporting into Group consolidation system
• Travel and expense applications and transactional integrity
• Sales commission reconciliation
• Sales tax familiarity with states’ reporting requirements
• Liaison with internal US tax department for reporting requirements
• Leads process standardization and harmonization initiatives in accounting as directed by the global finance office
• Supports internal and external audit activities by facilitating audit reviews, providing documentation, and guidance regarding financial data produced by the accounting team; serves as an escalation contact for accounting and collection related issues

Desired experience and qualifications

Work experience: Five+ years of experience in Accounting or Finance

Education: Bachelor’s degree in in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration

Other:

• Good commercial awareness and understanding of business
• Good problem solving and organizational skills and proven ability to prioritize responsibilities and processes
• Advanced Excel skills a must. Experience working with large complex data
• IFRS knowledge or previous experience with a foreign parent company
• Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task, perform work accurately and thoroughly and to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must be self-directed and motivated to optimally utilize the available time to organize and complete expected work within given deadlines and reasonable work schedules.
• Communication skills, both oral and written, as required to communicate effectively with others at all levels in the organization and to provide clear and concise reports and policies as needed. Ability to effectively present information publicly.
• Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.

Physical requirements

To perform the essential functions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodations, the employee must be able to see, hear, talk, and use hands and fingers to operate computer hardware and peripherals.

Environmental, Health & Safety requirements (EHS)

• Complies with QESH policy
• Complies and participates with SBP (Safety Behavior Program)
• Performs its functions following and understanding the JSA (Job Safety Analysis) - is aware of workplace hazards
• Avoids and reports unsafe behaviors and conditions
• Uses and maintains personal protective equipment
• Reports accidents and near accidents
• Complies with environmental and safety rules, policies, work instructions, manuals, etc.
• Participates in activities to safeguard the environment.

Additional details

Travel requirement: This position may require business travel (up to 5% annually)