Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Robert Half Finance & Accounting and Kevin Sweet have partnering with a growing manufacturing organization to identify a Staff Accountant to join its accounting team. This is an onsite opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys working in a hands-on manufacturing environment and wants to play an important role in general accounting, inventory costing, BOM management, and multi-state sales and use tax compliance.

My client offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401K with 4% match and quarterly bonus program.

For additional information and confidential consideration, please contact Kevin Sweet directly at View phone number on us.fitly.work or via email at View email address on us.fitly.work

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with month-end close activities and general ledger responsibilities.
• Maintain accurate financial records and perform account reconciliations.
• Research and resolve accounting discrepancies as needed.
• Build and maintain new Bill of Materials (BOM) structures.
• Update component costs and ensure accurate inventory costing.
• Audit manufacturing inventory layers for accuracy.
• Conduct physical inventory floor walks to verify inventory against BOM components.
• Partner with Engineering and Production teams to update component costs and improve costing accuracy.
• Verify scrap rates and yield factors.
• Identify and resolve inventory and costing variances.
• Manage and maintain sales tax exemption certificates.
• Assist with multi-state sales and use tax compliance, filings, and reporting.
• Monitor changes in state physical and economic nexus requirements.
• Utilize automated sales tax software to support accurate tax calculations and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred.
• 2+ years of accounting experience.
• Required: Manufacturing accounting experience with hands-on BOM experience.
• Experience with automated sales tax software such as Avalara or Vertex.
• Proficiency with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, or QuickBooks Enterprise.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables.
• Working knowledge of physical and economic nexus laws.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Accounting, Engineering, Production, and other cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on, onsite manufacturing environment.