Job Description: Staff Accountant (Entry Level)
Reports To: Vice President/Senior Management
FLSA Status:Exempt
Position Summary:
The Staff Accountant prepares and distributes analysis schedules on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis and assists with the monthly closing process by posting journal entries. This role also tracks inventory values, analyzes costs, and reports findings to management.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collect direct labor and product development labor data from the MRP system and prepare reports for management.
- Maintain data related to import supply chain costs for finished goods and materials.
- Collaborate with production and engineering to assess cost impacts of design changes, reporting effects on pricing and profitability.
- Update item costs in the MRP system.
- Assist with the month-end and year-end close of the General Ledger.
- Participate in physical inventories and cycle counts as directed.
- Perform other tasks as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Proficient in MRP software and spreadsheet applications with complex formulas.
- Strong communication skills for interaction across various company levels and with external parties.
- Ability to prepare reports on various schedules and manage multiple deadlines.
- Strong Excel skills; familiarity with Access, Outlook, and Word is required.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Familiarity with Global Shop Solutions is advantageous.
- Experience working with engineering and manufacturing on cost standards is beneficial.
EOE