Accountant Senior - Relocation to Columbia MO

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sr Staff Accountant is responsible for ensuring the integrity of accounting information by accurately recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• ·Ensure accurate and timely weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, including the preparation of estimates and accruals
• reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining the general ledger and assist in month-end close procedures.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Comply with financial policies and procedures including compliance with Key Controls.
• Engage in general accounting activities including the accurate and complete preparation, maintenance, and reconciliation of general ledger accounts and financial reports, such as balance sheets, profit-loss statements, and capital expenditure reports.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze forecasts, then prepare periodic reports that compare forecasts to actual costs.
• Follow up on customer accounts including customer credit issuances and collection activity.
• Ensure the accurate posting of the payroll and related payroll/employee functions. Ensure all payroll transactions comply with company policies, as well as all state and federal requirements.
• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Analyze business operations, trends, job costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Support standard cost rolls for the Organization.
• Aid in completing the month-end close.
• Reconcile bank accounts.
• Run financial reports.
• Enter journal entries in the general ledger.
• Investigation of monthly variances and other cost analyses.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in an Accounting role.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Previous experience in manufacturing and job costing. Aerospace Defense Contractor preferred.
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of standard financial / accounting procedures, GAAP concepts and principles, and internal control.
• Experience with Quickbooks required, Epicor experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple projects and/or requests concurrently.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to handle detail-oriented tasks Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Technical ability and adaptability; Knowledge working in Microsoft Suite.
• Attention to detail and focus on the accuracy of keyed data.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Propensity to network and build relationships with individuals of various experience and corporate positions, including executive team.

Personal Attributes

• Adept at change, and capable of innovating and assisting in the development of scalable processes to help our team.
• Must maintain confidentiality and sensitive information with the utmost integrity.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, follow through, and meet deadlines.
• Self-driven, self-starter, results-oriented with the ability to work independently
• Demonstrate sound work ethics.

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