Senior Accountant: Manufacturing Finance & Automation

GRIP-TITE MANUFACTURING CO,LLC; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Grip-Tite Manufacturing is seeking a Sr. Accountant to support financial integrity, reporting, planning, and analysis.

You’ll manage general ledger, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting, collaborating with leadership to drive sound business decisions. This role offers an opportunity to work with ERP systems, develop dashboards, and improve internal controls in a manufacturing environment; based in Johnston, IA, with occasional on-site requirements in Winterset as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or closely related field.
• Minimum of five years of professional accounting or finance experience.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, income statements, balance sheets, account reconciliations, financial reporting, budget and forecasting, and expense management.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze financial information and identify trends, variances, and potential issues.
• Strong computer skills, including regular use of spreadsheets, accounting systems, and technology-based business applications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a strong working knowledge of the general ledger and ensure financial transactions are accurately recorded and properly classified.
• Assist with and/or prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reporting.
• Analyze the income statement and balance sheet and investigate unusual trends, fluctuations, variances, or discrepancies.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Participate in the month-end and year-end closing processes and identify opportunities to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the close.
• Support the development of the Company's annual budget and periodic financial forecasts.
• Monitor actual financial performance against budgets and forecasts and provide meaningful variance analysis.
• Assist management with expense management, including identifying trends, cost drivers, and opportunities to reduce unnecessary spending.
• Develop financial reports, dashboards, and analyses that help leadership better understand business performance.
• Support cash-flow analysis and financial planning activities.
• Improve accounting procedures, internal controls, documentation, and financial processes.
• Utilize accounting systems, spreadsheets, reporting tools, and automation technology to improve efficiency and reduce manual processes.
• Assist with fixed-asset accounting, capital expenditures, depreciation schedules, and related reconciliations as needed.
• Support annual financial audits and provide requested schedules and documentation.
• Assist with inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, product costing, and cost analysis as needed.
• Work collaboratively with operations and other departments to understand how business activity impacts financial performance.
• Protect company assets and confidential financial, employee, customer, and company information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

General ledger

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Accounting software

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

ERP systems

Spreadsheets

Job description

Grip-Tite Manufacturing is seeking a Sr. Accountant to support financial integrity, reporting, planning, and analysis.

You’ll manage general ledger, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting, collaborating with leadership to drive sound business decisions. This role offers an opportunity to work with ERP systems, develop dashboards, and improve internal controls in a manufacturing environment; based in Johnston, IA, with occasional on-site requirements in Winterset as needed.