The Senior Accountant will be responsible for supporting the warehouse. Support and drive understanding of performance with operations and business segment management.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Period close for distribution centers including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and reporting.
• Prepare and manage forecasts related to operations performance and current volume forecast.
• Set standards for manufactured goods using budgeted raw material costs, labor and overhead rates.
• Research and report PPV related to raw materials and sourced goods.
• Work with Inventory clerks on cycle count adjustments, bin status, and warehouse scrap.
• Prepare capital expenditure forms and manage spending in relation to projects for manufacturing.
• Prepare and present KPI’s for inventory and operation performance
• Achieve team integration and become a valued resource for the manufacturing group by driving business changes through analyses on expenses, product costing and warehousing movements.
• Develop annual cost center budgets, and weekly variance analysis. Improve actual performance reporting against those goals or targets.
• Safeguards assets and ensures accurate and timely recording of all transactions by implementing procedures, processes, controls and checks across the business.
• Fixed asset reporting and CIP tracking.

JOB REQIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 3-5 years progressive financial experience in a distribution environment
• Technically proficient in accounting principles and financial modeling
• SAP General Ledger experience a plus
• Ability to work autonomously and with a high degree of ownership
• Superior interpersonal skills including both verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable insights for non-financial customers
• Strong user of PC based analytical tools, e.g. spreadsheets, financial modeling, TM1 & BI tool
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Strong organization skills balanced with the appropriate attention to detail
• Ability to work extended hours during selected critical time periods, e.g. period closing, budgets, year end