Senior Manufacturing Accountant

Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior manufacturing accountant. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all the qualifications but have sufficient experience and talent. This is a rapidly growing company, and this will be a key role in supporting that growth.

Responsibilities for senior manufacturing accountant

Performs ongoing comparison of objectives and their achievement, consistently uses steering actions to achieve the targets set by the respective business in terms of new orders, sales, profits and cash

Perform the monthly closing activities including preparation of manufacturing variances along with supporting analysis

Reports regularly major business figures including standard KPI's to management of the respective business

Analyses deviations in detail and prepares presentations and decision memos for management or the respective business or local entity level

Prepares and edits monthly and quarterly reports

Weekly Bank Reconciliations, Fixed Assets Management

Accomplishes planning, controlling, accounting and reporting activities of costs and of special projects

Proactive analysis of variances and communication of issues and opportunities to operations management

Qualifications for Senior Manufacturing Accountant

• Proven experience of accounting in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge of variance entries and analysis, inventory flow and analysis,

• Proven ability to perform month end close duties (with oversight but clear demonstration of independent analysis and problem solving

• Familiar with MAS 90 / 200 or Sage 100 preferable, other ERP experience can be substituted

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related area (or equivalent) with evidence of exceptional ability

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Accounting or Analyst role, preferably in a large manufacturing environment.

• Must be able to collaborate and build positive relationships with other teams within Finance cross-functionally outside Finance to effectively make recommendations, implement process improvements