Accountant

Aegis Worldwide; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Aegis Worldwide in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking an Accountant I to support the preparation, examination, and interpretation of financial records in accordance with GAAP. You will work on the general ledger, month-end close, budgeting, and cost analyses.

The role involves plant expense analysis, reconciliations, journal entries, and coordination of accounts payable, with opportunities to learn ERP systems and advance in manufacturing accounting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field.
• Internship, co-op, or 1-2 years of accounting experience preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems preferred (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, Infor, Epicor, NetSuite, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Assemble plant expense analyses and report updates for staff; coordinate accounts payable for plant operations.
• Prepare bank reconciliations for operating, disbursement, payroll, and investment accounts.
• Prepare specific monthly journal entries, sales tax returns, and warranty expense analysis.
• Analyze and reconcile discrepancies within general accounting; report to senior management.
• Settle and close production orders; investigate production variances.
• Provide research assistance and respond to internal inquiries.
• Assist as backup for payroll, daily invoicing, and sales updates.
• Observe GAAP and company policy; ensure compliance with regulations.
• Review purchase orders and report exceptions and expense levels to plant manager.
• Reconcile all expenses to budget; perform internal audits and cycle counts.
• Prepare trial balance analysis.
• Perform other activities as needed.

Skills

General ledger

Bank reconciliations

Financial analysis

GAAP compliance

Payroll backup

Month-end closing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field

1-2 years accounting experience preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

The Accountant I will perform a variety of activities in the preparation, examination, and interpretation of accounting and financial records, reports, and statements. The incumbent will be involved with the general ledger, budget, month end closing, and other cost/financial analyses compliant with all company and GAAP policies.

Responsibilities

• Assemble plant expense analysis and report updates to the staff on a regular basis. Coordinate the accounts payable function for all plant operations.
• Prepare bank reconciliations for all operating, disbursement, payroll, and investment accounts.
• Prepare specific monthly journal entries, sales tax returns, and warranty expense account analysis.
• Analyze and reconcile any discrepancies within the general accounting functions. Will report on utility use, expenditures, etc. and provide analysis for senior management review.
• Settle and close production orders, investigate production variances.
• Provide research assistance as required and respond to inquiries and requests from internal sources.
• Assist as backup for payroll, daily invoicing, and sales updating. Provide payroll approval.
• Observe all procedures and policies in accordance with GAAP, company policy, and federal/state regulations.
• Review all purchase orders and provide updates to the plant manager regarding exceptions and expense levels.
• Reconcile all expenses to budget.
• Provide internal financial audits and cycle count audits – issue reporting.
• Prepare trial balance analysis.
• Perform other activities as needed or as requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field
• Internship, co-op, or 1-2 years of accounting experience preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems preferred (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, Infor, Epicor, NetSuite, etc.).
• Manufacturing or inventory accounting exposure preferred but not required.