Staff Accountant

Pride Engineering, LLC; Brooklyn Park (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ProMach, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Accountant to drive cost accounting, close processes, and financial reporting for a growing manufacturing environment in the United States.

You will partner with leadership to design controls, manage forecasts, and support audits while leveraging ERP and data analytics tools. The role emphasizes improving cost systems, maintaining accurate asset and inventory records, and delivering insightful financial analyses to aid strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of cost accounting or related accounting experience.
• Experience leading monthly close processes.
• Experience in manufacturing and cost systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost management and upgrade to current systems.
• Maintain labor and overhead rates; fixed assets.
• Prepare insurance documents and census for manufacturing and cyber security.
• Support month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze AP/AR/labor processes for efficiency improvements.
• Develop internal controls and fiscal policies.
• Support annual audit process.

Skills

Power BI

Cost accounting

Close procedures

Excel Pivot Tables

Data analytics

Controllership

Continuous improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

CMA preferred

Tools

SAGE 100 ERP

Scanco

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Job Overview

Join ProMach and shine. Whether you're creative, strategic, persuasive, or mechanically inclined, there’s a place for you here. Be a problem-solver, a closer, a futurist - whatever drives you. At ProMach, you'll be challenged and rewarded as you help improve packaging performance and shape the future of automation. And we’ll be proud to have you on the journey. Do we have your attention? Keep reading.

The Manufacturing Accountant will participate in all financial matters of the Company. S/he will play a key role in monthly closings and reporting key sales, cost and profitability measures to the Company’s Senior leadership team. In addition, working with the Controller, the position will participate in designing financial controls and policies, cash forecasts, helping to manage the annual audit process and developing operating plans to meet Company growth and profitability goals. The position will have exposure to many administrative functions of the business including working with our IT Partner, implementing Cyber Security Initiatives, and reviewing Capital Expenditures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Financial Leadership Responsible for cost management including review and process upgrade to current installed system (SAGE 100 ERP & Scanco systems).
• Maintaining work center labor and overhead rates.
• Maintaining Fixed Assets.
• Preparation of Business Insurance Documents.
• Preparation of Censuses for Mfg and Cyber Security.
• Improve summarization and understanding of root cause behind variance information.
• Support month-end close process, journal entries, account reconciliations, financial write-ups & reporting as well as Budget, Forecast, and other reporting.
• Maintaining accuracy of sales, cost, order and backlog database (via download through Access to Excel pivot table environment).
• Maintain accurate physical inventories counts and values by implementing a cycle count program.
• Analyze AP/AR/Labor processes to gain efficiency via process improvement and/or use of bolt-on Software.

Additional Responsibilities with the Controller

• Developing internal controls and fiscal policies.
• Building annual operating plans & forecast updates to meet Company growth and profitability goals.
• Maintaining cash reporting & cash forecasts.
• Managing the annual audit process.

Report To

Controller

Direct Reports

None

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Aptitudes
• Financial reporting and data analytics using MS Power BI, MS Copilot, etc
• Strong understanding of how cost systems work, maintenance required and ability to adapt information needs to system capabilities.
• Strong grounding in basic close procedures and disciplines necessary to maintain a highly reliable general ledger.
• Affinity for using technology to manage large data sets, especially using Excel Pivot table functionality.
• Desire to develop Controllership capabilities.
• A continuous improvement focus.
• Enjoy working in a small company environment.
• Fosters Collaboration Builds and maintains internal and external relationships that foster collaboration.
• Supports a culture of teamwork throughout the organization.
• Communicates effectively.
• Demonstrates Character.
• Operates from a clear sense of well-developed values and standards.
• Rolls up his/her sleeves and is flexible in duties to match organization’s needs.
• Self-motivated with a desire to learn and attention to detail.

Required Experience

• The ideal candidate will be a results-oriented financial professional with a minimum of five years of experience in a cost accounting environment or cost accounting and/or accounting roles with relevant exposure to cost systems.
• They have played a significant role in the monthly financial close process.
• Exposure to financial leadership in a small to middle-market company or relevant-sized division.
• Experience in manufacturing will be a requirement.
• They will possess strong analytical and quantitative skills, as well as skills working with database information especially in Excel, MS Power BI, or similar tools.
• Having reworked or designed AP/AR processes to improve efficiency is desirable.
• Proven success in a private, dynamic, and growing company is a plus.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and show a desire to develop their leadership skills within the Company.
• S/he will have both the desire and the capabilities to be fully engaged with the Controller and the Management Team.
• Strong academic credentials, including a bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, are required, and a CMA is preferred.
• This person will possess traits that align with Pride’s culture, positioning him/herself within the Company as a partner into the future.
• The highest ethical standards are assumed.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an office environment. The duties of this position require spending some time in the company’s manufacturing operation that require the use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, safety glasses.

Education/Training

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting is required.

Other Requirements

Legally permitted to work in the United States. Computer proficiency to work with Microsoft Word and Excel. Written and verbal communication skills effective in communicating both internally and externally in a professional manner. Be able to carry out other duties or responsibilities as may be assigned or required.

Benefits and Compensation

• Base Salary Range (annual): $85,000 - $95,000.
• Total compensation includes your salary, comprehensive medical/dental programs, as well as life insurance, a generous paid time off program, and a retirement savings plan with a company match.
• There is no waiting period for benefits – you are eligible on your first day of employment!

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Commitment

ProMach is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pro Mach uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of all new hires to work in the United States.

Pro Mach is a drug-free workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.

Company Overview

Pro Mach, Inc. was named to the Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. seven times. We continue to introduce innovative products, enter new markets, expand our global presence, and actively acquire new capabilities. We have the rewards, opportunities, and the market strength of a large organization combined with the entrepreneurial culture of a small, fast-paced company. You will enjoy the benefits of working with a growing company that competes globally, with the personal touch and feel of a smaller company where you can make an impact every day. ProMach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Pro Mach uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of all new hires to work in the United States. Pro Mach is a drug-free workplace. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Pro Mach may not be a brand you see on store or pharmacy shelves, but we are integral to your daily life, powering the processing and packaging machines behind consumer goods, food and nutrition, health, and everyday products. At ProMach, we are committed to responsibility, honesty, safety, and helping you grow. We seek individuals eager to shine—whether creative, strategic, technical, or persuasive—offering opportunities to shape your career in exciting directions. You’ll be challenged and rewarded, making an impact on our customers' performance while helping to build the future of packaging innovation. Our mission—to help customers protect their reputations and grow consumer trust—along with our core values, drives us to perform with passion, accountability, and proactive problem-solving. We emphasize collaboration and innovation, where every employee and voice matters, ensuring consistency and excellence in everything we do. When you join our team, you're not just taking a job; you're becoming part of something that lasts.