Senior Accountant

At Joseph Machine Company, we design, build, sell and service advanced automated manufacturing equipment. Since our first automated saw machine in 1986 - still in service today - we have grown into a leading engineer of lineal and panel processing machinery and software for the fenestration, architectural metals, solar and industrial extrusion markets.

We are family-owned, 125+ people strong, and expanding. Our customers come to us with hard problems - better throughput, fewer rejected parts, 95% material yield - and we engineer the machine that gets them there. We are looking for people who care: people comfortable solving problems, thinking critically and working with their peers to do the best job possible, not just get the job done.

About the role
We are adding a Senior Accountant to our five-person finance and administration team. This is the senior individual contributor on that team: you will orchestrate the monthly close, own the integrity of the general ledger, and serve as the secondary control review over day-to-day transactional accounting.
As we scale to double our current volume, this role will help build the reporting, costing and control discipline that growth requires. This is a process-ownership role rather than a supervisory one, reporting directly to Finance leadership. Precision, sound judgment and a high standard of documentation are integral to the job.

Responsibilities
Month-end close and financial reporting
Own the close calendar with Finance leadership, driving a prompt, disciplined month-end close.
Draft the monthly financial reporting and cash flow packages for Finance leadership review.
Record and maintain recurring entries, accruals, prepaids, amortization and depreciation.
Maintain budget reporting and investigate material variances, outliers and anomalies.

General ledger and cost integrity:
Reconcile general ledger accounts and roll-forward Balance Sheet accounts.
Ensure the integrity of subledgers and supporting schedules.
Review journal entries and transactional postings for accuracy and proper support.
Answer inquiries on cost variances, estimates, and order profitability.
Internal controls and transaction review
Monitor segregation of duties across accounting processes, escalating control gaps to Finance leadership.
Perform secondary control validation of payroll prepared by the Payroll Accounting lead.
Independently validate supporting documentation for payment batches.
Maintain the integrity of the purchase order and capital purchase approval processes.
Continuity, compliance and external support
Monitor bank activity and validate bank reconciliations and transfers prepared by team members.
Serve as the immediate backup for A/P, A/R, payroll, and bank reconciliation.
Support Finance leadership and external CPA firm on business and tax reporting and remittances.
Prepare requested schedules and documentation for the annual financial review.
Assist Finance leadership on special projects.

Qualifications:
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
5+ years of accounting experience in a manufacturing, engineering or construction environment.
Advanced Excel skills and experience working within an integrated ERP system.
Working knowledge of US GAAP, general ledger structure, subledger reconciliation, internal controls.
Demonstrated precision, attention to detail, confidentiality, and firm ownership of deadlines.

Preferred
CMA or CPA.
Experience with Infor VISUAL ERP.
Familiarity with SQL or similar query and reporting tools.
Job costing experience in a job shop, engineer-to-order or capital equipment environment.
A process improvement mindset, with a track record of strengthening accounting workflows.

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