Staff Accountant

18 hours ago


Lake Forest, California, United States Dynacast Full time
Job Title: Staff Accountant

Job Summary:

The Staff Accountant plays a crucial role in the financial operations of Dynacast, working closely with the Production, Engineering, and Customer Service teams to provide business partnership and support. This is a growth-oriented role that offers opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the financial close process to ensure timely and accurate reporting
  • Record journal entries with supporting back-up
  • Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations
  • Manage intercompany transactions and prepare monthly reconciliation
  • Perform bank reconciliations and ensure reconciled items are cleared
  • Use the Epicor (ERP) system to record accounting transactions and provide financial support to other members of the Management team
  • Process accounting receivables and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
  • Administer AR collection process, resolve collections by examining customer payment plans and payment history
  • Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending statements, bill reminders, and other documents
  • Perform customer billing and submit invoices to customers
  • Administer metal inventory records, reconciliations, and monthly reports
  • Manage new customer's and vendor's process
  • Update standard costs annually (or more frequently as needed)
  • Work closely with Engineering, Customer Service, and Production to understand and validate the standard cost of each part
  • Analyze manufacturing variances and job profitability, and make adjustments to improve financial accuracy
  • Support ad hoc requests and improvement initiatives
  • Create and review various reports supporting finance and operations
  • Prepare information required for external audits
  • Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships between departments and with co-workers

Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or three to five years related experience and/or training preferably in a manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, suppliers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and to create formulas using spreadsheets. Ability to run what if scenarios for various situations for budgeting and projecting purposes. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Able to correlate financial data into sound financial decision making.


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