Accounting Manager - Full-time / Part-time

Job Overview

The Accounting Manager is responsible for the generation of accurate and timely financial information, supports the Plant Manager (CMBE HV Philadelphia Site) and functions as a key member of the site leadership team, whilst also reporting to the CMBE Divisional Financial Controller, based in the UK. 

The Accounting Manager heads up HV-CMBE’s Finance Department and is responsible for all the site accounting operations, costings, local management reporting and group financial reporting. 

Duties and responsibilities 

Regular tasks 

Month-end Accounts Financial Closings:
-    Oversee accounts receivable and accounts payable closing processes.
-    Preparing and entering monthly journals.
-    Assess, complete, and report financial statements to Crown Corporate and CMBE UK.
-    Comparisons of budgets/forecasts to actuals (monthly, quarterly & annually) commentaries and bridges.
-    Creation and reporting of balance sheet reconciliations.
Budget / Forecasts:
-    Preparing annual budgets and revised quarterly forecasts.
-    Monthly income projections and analysis of changes in forecasts.
Management reports
-    Provide site management with reports such as OTIF Tracking, Backlog, Job Cost, Inventory Tracking, sales margins and help advance and improve the reporting process.

Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable:
-    Manage the processing of accounts payable.
-    Approve accounts payable for processing.
-    Complete vendor requests for establishing credit.
-    Manage accounts receivable collections.
-    Monthly bank reconciliation.
-    Complete credit check for new customers.
Fixed Assets:

-    Prepare payback analysis for capital projects.
-    Enter Project Requests into the electronic approval system and track spending. 
-    Maintain the fixed asset register.
-    Manage annual fixed asset inventory.

Other 
-    Ad hoc projects and tasks as required. 
-    If needed assist with processing the weekly hourly payroll.
-    Cover and assistance to other CMBE sites.
-    Providing input to strategic and financial decisions.
-    Managing and consulting with external and internal auditors.

Annual tasks
-    Prepare employees 401k profit sharing and incentive bonuses on an annual basis.
-    Managing annual physical inventory counts
-    Re-calculation of burden and salary rates

Essential Skills and Experience. 
-    Five plus years of accounting with responsibility for producing full financial statements.
-    Experience of reporting to a parent entity and adherence to corporate standards.
-    Strong double entry skills.
-    Good understanding of US GAPP.
-    Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
-    Experience of working with ERP or MRP packages.
-    Excellent MS Excel skills and good IT acumen. 
-    A working knowledge of cost accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets and payroll.
-    Experience of internal controls. 

Key Aptitudes
-    The natural desire to investigate and improve processes.
-    A logical mind with an inclination for problem solving. 
-    Ability to consider an audience when articulating ideas or solutions. 
-    Self-driven willingness to learn new skills and the discipline to work unsupervised. 

Preferred:.
-    Experience of accounting in a manufacturing environment. 
-    Professional Accountancy qualification or graduated with an Accountancy degree. 
-    Experience of SOX Compliance.