Senior Accountant

This job is posted on behalf of Engage Search Partners, LLC by Top Echelon.

The Client: Our client is one of the Philadelphia area’s fastest-growing companies for the past 10-years. This is a privately held company which has tripled it’s revenue in the past 5-years, and is in the middle of explosive growth. Global manufacturing business with a fantastic corporate culture and excellent benefits. The ownership is expanding their operations and will soon open up a new facility vertically integrating the manufacturing of a key raw material through a joint venture deal. This will greatly reduce their raw material costs and give our client more control over the quality of their materials.

Location: Camden County, South Jersey – This position is onsite.

Position: Senior Accountant

Compensation and Benefits:

85-95K plus bonus

Full Suite of Benefits, 401(K) with a Match

Summary:

The CFO is looking for a career-minded Accountant that wants to be Controller in a short period of time. This is not an opportunity for the candidate that wants to work-from-home and turn-off their computer at 5:00 p.m. We are looking for someone who wants to learn, who wants to be challenged, who wants to obtain the skills and experience needed to be a Controller for a $300-400M complex entity.

Responsibilities:

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• Responsible for building standardization and consistency around the monthly financial close and financial reporting process.
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• Ensure the accuracy of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
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• The Senior Accountat will oversee the transactional accounting team ensuring that transactions are hitting the GL correctly for AP, AR and Payroll.
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• Technical Accounting: staying up to date with recent changes to GAAP impacting revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), and exposure to joint ventures.
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• Train and develop transactional accounting team
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• Work closely with CFO and Corporate Senior Leadership during monthly and quarterly financial review meetings – analyzing financial results, cost drivers, monitoring inventory levels, and budget-to-actual variances.
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• Provide senior management team with flash reports, KPIs, and other financial metrics as requested
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Requirements:

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• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance plus CPA (prefered) MBA (plus)
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• 2-4 years public accounting or corporate accounting experience
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• 1-2 years of experience performing the accounting close and financial reporting process for a for-profit organization
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• Willing to stretch beyond a narrow job description and take ownership of problems through completion.
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• More interested in gaining meaningful experience and making an impact than simply maintaining a comfortable routine.
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• Receptive to coaching, constructive feedback, and increasing levels of responsibility.
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• Demonstrated experience streamlining the financial close processes, ensuring proper controls, and accurate reporting and compliance
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