Senior Manufacturing Accountant: Close & Cost Analysis

Confidential; Burlington (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Senior Accountant to advance from Staff Accountant toward an Accounting Manager role. You will own complex accounting activities, perform detailed financial analysis, support month-end close, and serve as a technical resource to the team, with emphasis on the General Ledger and Month-End Close processes.

This role requires 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience, a Bachelor’s in accounting/finance, and strong Excel and ERP skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• Generally three to five years of relevant accounting experience.
• ERP experience required; Made2Manage experience is beneficial. Strong Microsoft Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring and nonrecurring journal entries with complete supporting documentation.
• Own assigned portions of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare complex balance-sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items promptly.
• Review selected journal entries and reconciliations prepared by other team members, as assigned.
• Analyze account activity, investigate unusual transactions and variances, and maintain assigned financial schedules.
• Develop schedules and reports that improve visibility into financial and operational performance.
• Assist with recurring forecasts, cash reporting, and working-capital analysis.
• Identify financial risks, reporting issues, and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist with inventory, work-in-process, and cost-of-goods-sold accounting.
• Analyze job costs and material, labor, and overhead variances.
• Research unusual inventory transactions, negative inventory, unclosed jobs, and other costing issues.
• Support cycle-count reconciliations, obsolete inventory analysis, and inventory-adjustment documentation.
• Maintain knowledge of Made2Manage transactions and their general-ledger impact.
• Provide technical support and backup for accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.
• Assist with resolving complex customer, vendor, aging, and reconciliation issues.
• Assist with bank reconciliations, cash reporting, and payment documentation.
• Provide backup coverage for essential accounting processes when needed.
• Follow and reinforce established accounting policies and internal controls.
• Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and recurring errors and recommend improvements.
• Maintain current desk manuals and procedures for assigned responsibilities.
• Prepare schedules and support for audits, tax filings, and external requests.
• Participate in ERP, automation, reporting, and process-improvement projects.
• Assist with training and cross-training Staff Accountants and Accounting Associates.
• Serve as a resource for questions about accounting procedures and system transactions.
• Review selected work and lead small accounting projects when assigned.
• Demonstrate readiness for broader leadership responsibility while remaining primarily an individual contributor.

Skills

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Month-end close

Financial analysis

Excel

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field

Tools

Made2Manage ERP

Job description

Confidential is seeking a Senior Accountant to advance from Staff Accountant toward an Accounting Manager role. You will own complex accounting activities, perform detailed financial analysis, support month-end close, and serve as a technical resource to the team, with emphasis on the General Ledger and Month-End Close processes.

This role requires 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience, a Bachelor’s in accounting/finance, and strong Excel and ERP skills.