Job Title: Senior Accountant

Department: Administration

Reports To: Controller

FLSA: Exempt

Summary:

Oversee accounting and financial affairs of the organization and prepare consolidated financial analysis of operations for American manufacturing plants including budgeting, taxes, accounts payable/receivable, credit and collections, asset control, and systems management within conformance with generally accepted accounting principles and established policies of the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Comply with all environmental, health, safety and quality standards.
• Develop, analyze, and interpret statistical and accounting information to appraise operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget, and other matters bearing on the fiscal soundness and operating effectiveness of the organization and for the guidance of management.
• Work closely with the controller on the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts, institute and maintain other planning and control procedures and analyze and report variances.
• Initiate or suggest ideas for cost control for all departments based on financial data and support continuous improvement efforts including quality and environmental, health and safety.
• Oversee accounting systems, including implementation, modification and development of any new systems and/or software.
• Comply with all tax filing and incentive rules through frequent, effective communication with governing officials.
• Prepare and file appropriate financial reports and including reports for parent company.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information
• Classify and analyze Material, Labor and overhead cost.
• Oversee actual cost data, compile and cost inventory values and maintain appropriate data tracking and files.
• Supervise accounts payable/receivable function including payment process, credit and collections process.
• Work closely with the controller on monthly and yearly closing processes, preparation of account reconciliations and journal entries, including revenue recognition.
• Ensure adequate internal controls are in place and transactions are recorded in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Maintain all ledgers.
• Ensure control of confidential information.
• Participate in audits of financial records with external auditors and initiate appropriate action as required.
• Review and revise accounting policy and rules as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting or business administration, and > 5 years experience in all aspects of accounting, including management of department and staff. Master’s degree preferred.
• May be qualified by parent company in Japan.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Experience with manufacturing systems software.
• Demonstrated people and project management skills with the ability to meet established goals and timelines.
• Strong focus on follow-up and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Employee must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions:

(a). can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes;

(b). perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, persuading or speaking with others;

(c). respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor

Reporting to this position: None.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• Constantly required to sit, talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to walk or stand.
• Occasionally required to balance or stoop.
• Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision including concentrated vision for long periods of time, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

• Minimum exposure to plant environment.
• Exposure to low noise levels in office environment.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

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