Sr. Accountant - Manufacturing

Grip-Tite Manufacturing; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Grip-Tite Manufacturing in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Sr. Accountant to support financial integrity, reporting, planning, and analysis. You will work with leadership to translate numbers into actionable business insights and help shape budgets and forecasts.

You’ll gain hands-on experience beyond transaction accounting, collaborate with manufacturing operations, and contribute to cost accounting, audits, and process improvements in a non-remote office setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• Minimum five years of professional accounting or finance experience.
• Strong understanding of general ledger, income statements, balance sheets, and forecasting.
• Proficient in spreadsheets and accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Maintain GL and ensure transactions are accurately recorded.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reporting.
• Analyze income statement and balance sheet for variances.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Develop financial reports and dashboards for leadership.
• Assist with audits and external financial reporting.
• Perform inventory accounting and cost analysis as needed.

Skills

General ledger

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Variance analysis

Expense management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

CPA certification (desired)

Tools

Excel

Accounting software

Job description

The Sr. Accountant is responsible for supporting the financial integrity, reporting, planning, and analysis needs of Grip-Tite Manufacturing. This position requires a strong understanding of accounting principles and the relationship between the income statement, balance sheet, and general ledger, along with the ability to interpret financial information and translate it into meaningful business insight.

The Sr. Accountant will play a vital role in budgeting, forecasting, expense management, financial reporting, account reconciliation, and process improvement. The successful candidate will be comfortable working independently, utilizing technology and automation, analyzing financial information, and partnering with leadership to support sound business decisions.

This position is well suited for an accounting professional who enjoys working in an environment that wants to work beyond transactional accounting functions.

Build More Than Numbers. Build Your Accounting Career.

At Grip-Tite, you won't be limited to one small piece of the accounting function. You'll work alongside our Manufacturing Controller and gain hands‑on experience with financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, ERP utilization, manufacturing operations, and cost accounting. You'll have the opportunity to gain experience how the numbers connect to the business – and how the business decisions ultimately impact the numbers.

Key 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.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a 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.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with inventory, standard costing, manufacturing variances, or product-cost analysis.
• Cost accounting or manufacturing accounting experience.
• CPA

Willing to train the right individual who is absent these desired skills and experience but must possess a strong desire to learn and grow in a manufacturing environment.

Work Environment

This position will primarily work out of an office environment in the Johnston office. This is not a remote or hybrid position.

The work is generally independent yet collaborative in nature.

This position may periodically need to be onsite in Winterset for meetings, inventory, and other special projects as assigned.

Physical Requirement

This position required occasional standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching with the ability to be mobile throughout required work areas.

Must have the ability to sit for extended periods of time while performing computer-based work requiring repetitive hand and finger movements for data entry.

Visual acuity to sufficiently read and analyze numerical data.

Ability to work in an office environment requires sustained attention and concentration when reviewing detailed financial and numerical information.

Ability to communicate effectively in person, by phone, and through electronic communication.

Compensation

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) matching, employer paid life, STD and LTD, paid time off, paid holidays and other development opportunities.

Pre-employment Testing

External hiring into this position is contingent upon the successful completion of pre-employment, post-offer drug screen, background, and credit check, as well as reference check.

Grip-Tite Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Grip-Tite Manufacturing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.