Senior Accountant

Atlas Sign Industries; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Sign Industries, based in Florida, seeks a Senior Accountant to support financial operations for our custom sign manufacturing business. Responsibilities include general ledger accounting, month-end close, WIP review, inventory valuation, GL reconciliations, and maintaining supporting workpapers.

You will collaborate with Accounting, Purchasing, Project Management, Production, and Operations to ensure accurate reporting of manufacturing costs, inventory, work-in-process, and project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience; manufacturing, construction, or job-costing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, financial reporting, cost accounting, inventory valuation, work-in-process, and manufacturing overhead.
• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP.

Responsibilities

• Perform month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, adjusting entries, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, review general ledger activity for accuracy and proper classification, and research and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure appropriate month-end cutoff for inventory receipts, usage, transfers, and completed production.
• Prepare monthly schedules to support GL balances, budget-to-actual and prior-period variance analyses, and financial information to support management decision-making.
• Maintain fixed asset schedules, record additions, disposals, and depreciation, and reconcile fixed asset records to the general ledger.
• Reconcile inventory records to the general ledger; assist with cycle counts and annual physical inventories; research variances and adjustments.
• Maintain and analyze work in process for custom sign manufacturing projects and related costs.
• Analyze gross margin and profitability by project, customer, department, or product category.
• Review received goods not invoiced and shipped not invoiced reports for accuracy and address discrepancies.
• Assist with accounting policies, internal controls, ERP/reporting enhancements, audits, tax filings, and other compliance requirements.
• Provide training or guidance to A/R and A/P staff and identify process improvements.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

GL accounting

Reconciliations

Financial reporting

Cost accounting

Inventory valuation

Work-in-process

Manufacturing overhead

Excel PivotTables

VLOOKUP

Epicor Kinetic

Intercompany transactions

Intercompany reconciliations

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Epicor Kinetic

Other manufacturing ERP

Job description

The Senior Accountant supports the financial operations of a custom sign manufacturing company, with primary responsibility for general ledger accounting, month-end close, review of WIP transactions, inventory valuation, GL reconciliations, and supporting workpapers. This position works closely with Accounting, Purchasing, Project Management, Production, and Operations to ensure accurate reporting of manufacturing costs, inventory, work-in-process, and project profitability.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience; manufacturing, construction, or job-costing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, financial reporting, cost accounting, inventory valuation, work-in-process, and manufacturing overhead.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables and V lookup functions.
• Experience with Epicor Kinetic, other manufacturing ERP, or advanced accounting software.
• Experience with multi-company, intercompany transactions and intercompany reconciliations.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Public Accounting experience a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform month-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, adjusting entries, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, review general ledger activity for accuracy and proper classification, and research and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure appropriate month-end cutoff for inventory receipts, usage, transfers, and completed production.
• Prepare monthly schedules to support GL balances, budget-to-actual and prior-period variance analyses, and financial information to support management decision-making.
• Maintain fixed asset schedules, record additions, disposals, and depreciation, and reconcile fixed asset records to the general ledger.
• Reconcile inventory records to the general ledger; assist with cycle counts and annual physical inventories; research inventory variances, scrap, obsolete materials, and adjustments.
• Maintain and analyze work in process for custom sign manufacturing projects, including direct material, labor, subcontractor, freight, installation, and manufacturing overhead costs.
• Analyze gross margin, profitability by project, customer, department, or product category.
• Review received goods not invoiced and shipped not invoiced reports for accuracy and address discrepancies.
• Assist with accounting policies, procedures, internal controls, ERP/reporting enhancements, audits, tax filings, and other compliance requirements.
• Provide training or guidance to A/R and A/P accounting staff as needed and identify opportunities to improve the accounting processes.