Senior Accountant

Full Time

Office & Admin

Milwaukee, WI, US

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $100,000.00 Annually

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Controller, the Senior Accountant serves as a key contributor to MPE’s financial operations— ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger, improving processes in ERP system and with AI, overseeing accounts receivable and payable processes and reporting. This role combines hands-on accounting responsibilities with process leadership, driving continuous improvement across invoicing, reconciliations, cash management, and reporting while working with business functions. This role also ensures maintaining compliance with MPE policies, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for certain month end close activities. Assist with updating, maintaining and reviewing the general ledger.

• Prepare monthly account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.

• Prepare journal entries and ensure proper documentation.

• Monitor, identify, and correct posting errors and other transactional issues in ERP.

• Use collaborative teamwork to improve accounts receivable and payable processes and team through use of automation in excel, IFS (ERP) and AI. Identify and improve process challenges in accounting operations to correct errors and optimize workflows. Establish, train and oversee processes with team.

• Partner with cross-functional teams —including operations, sales, and customer service—to deliver financial insights, resolve payment issues, understand product and operational costs, and support data-driven decision-making. Provide analysis and reporting to business teams.

• Support preparation of financial statements and management reports; generate and analyze data across sales revenue, production metrics, costs, and cash flow to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.

• Proactively identify and lead process improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of financial operations.

• Develop and implement effective collection reporting and procedures to minimize overdue accounts while maintaining positive customer relationships. Assist with collections workload across team.

• Ownership over other key accounts such as prepaid expenses, fixed assets, goodwill, lease liabilities and others.

• Responsible for companywide cash and credit card reconciliation process.

• Perform cash forecasting, projecting cash balances and determining funding requirements.

• Oversee and ensure completion of the invoicing process to ensure timeliness, accuracy and appropriate documentation. Assist with invoicing workload across team.

• Lead analysis and make determination of accounts receivables allowance for doubtful accounts for quarterly financial statements and year-end audit.

• Oversee accounts payable processes to ensure timely and accurate payments; assist with invoice vouching workload across the team.

• Support and maintain cost accounting systems, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and cost analysis to ensure accuracy in financial reporting and operational decision-making.

• Support external audits by providing necessary documentation, explanations, and timely responses to auditor inquiries.

• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Assist in the implementation and monitoring of internal controls to safeguard company assets.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or similar or equivalent experience

• 3+ Years of experience in accounting or finance

• Strong excel skills

• Strong knowledge and experience working with ERP systems - IFS preferred

• Experience or capability to work with and develop AI tools