Senior General Accountant | ESOP-Driven Manufacturing Finance Leader

Cleveland Steel Container Corp.; Hudson (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

ESOP

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401(k) with company contribution

Profit sharing

Job summary

Cleveland Steel Container Corp. seeks a Senior General Accountant for our Hudson, OH corporate office to lead monthly close, cost accounting, and financial reporting in a manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of accounting, strong GAAP knowledge, and advanced Excel skills. Collaboration across sales, operations, and supply chain is essential, with travel to support inventories as needed. We offer ESOP and robust benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 5+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including general ledger and financial statement preparation; manufacturing or cost-accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience mentoring or reviewing the work of other accounting personnel is preferred.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Ability to analyze large volumes of financial and operational data.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and financial-data analysis.
• Demonstrated reliability, integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to work effectively in teams; demonstrated ability to assimilate information quickly and a deep desire to learn and succeed.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned portions of the monthly close process and ensure deadlines are met.
• Prepare and review journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Prepare monthly financial statements accurately and issue them by the fourth business day.
• Analyze financial results against budget, forecast, and prior periods, and explain significant variances.
• Prepare and maintain balance-sheet account reconciliations and resolve reconciling items promptly.
• Maintain product costs, bills of material, routings, and manufacturing cost standards in coordination with operations.
• Analyze inventory valuation, reserves, absorption, and material, labor, overhead, purchase-price, and production variances.
• Support cycle counts and physical inventories, including investigation and resolution of discrepancies.
• Maintain fixed-asset records and support capital expenditure tracking and project closeout.
• Assist with annual budgets, forecasts, external audits, and internal-control documentation.
• Identify process improvements and opportunities to strengthen accounting accuracy and efficiency.
• Prepare or assist with required governmental, regulatory, and statistical filings.
• Assist with Special Projects as needed.
• Some travel to outside sites to assist with projects and inventories may be required.

Skills

General ledger

Financial analysis

Manufacturing cost accounting

GAAP knowledge

Excel advanced

Variance analysis

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Cleveland Steel Container Corp. seeks a Senior General Accountant for our Hudson, OH corporate office to lead monthly close, cost accounting, and financial reporting in a manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of accounting, strong GAAP knowledge, and advanced Excel skills. Collaboration across sales, operations, and supply chain is essential, with travel to support inventories as needed. We offer ESOP and robust benefits.