Location: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time Compensation: $80,000-$85,000 annually
Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant with a strong manufacturing background to join its accounting and finance team. This fully remote position will play an integral role in month-end close, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, inventory and cost accounting, account reconciliations, and financial analysis. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment and understand how inventory, standard costing, production activity, and operational variances impact financial results.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform key responsibilities related to the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close
- Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and other accounting adjustments
- Prepare and review balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations
- Assist with the preparation and analysis of financial statements
- Perform inventory and cost accounting activities
- Analyze standard costs, actual costs, and manufacturing variances
- Review and analyze material, labor, overhead, freight, scrap, and other manufacturing costs
- Support inventory valuation, reserves, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes
- Analyze work-in-process (WIP), finished goods, and raw material inventory
- Assist with fixed asset accounting, depreciation, and capital expenditures
- Perform budget-to-actual and other financial variance analyses
- Partner remotely with plant operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and finance teams to investigate financial results and cost variances
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities
- Support internal and external audit requests
- Maintain accurate supporting documentation and appropriate internal controls
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, financial reporting, and operational efficiencies
- Perform special projects and financial analysis as needed
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Previous accounting experience within a manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and general ledger accounting
- Experience with cost accounting, inventory accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis
- Strong month-end close and balance sheet reconciliation experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables and lookup functions
- Experience with software systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, or comparable platforms
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively and independently in a remote environment
- Ability to partner cross-functionally with accounting, finance, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing teams
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA, CMA, or CPA candidate
- Experience with bills of materials (BOM), work-in-process (WIP), inventory valuation, standard costs, and manufacturing variance analysis
- Experience supporting ERP implementations, upgrades, or process improvements
- Advanced financial reporting and analytical skills
Pay Details: $80,000.00 to $85,000.00 per year
Search managed by: Jennifer Mirgoli
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