Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

JPW Industries is a woodworking and metalworking machinery and tools company behind some of the most trusted names in the trade. With domestic and international entities, intercompany activity, lender reporting, and a full annual audit, this role offers broad exposure and real influence on how our accounting function runs, modernizes, and scales.

As our Senior Accountant, you will be a core player on the accounting team, owning key balance sheet and income statement accounts and helping deliver a timely, accurate month-end close. And you will do it at a company that expects you to use AI every day to work smarter.

This is not a narrow, one-account seat. You will own outcomes that leadership relies on every month:

• A Reliable Close: Journal entries, accruals, allocations, and reconciliations that land on time and hold up to scrutiny.
• Account Integrity: Well-supported schedules for fixed assets, leases, debt, equity, intangibles, and intercompany balances across entities.
• Audit and Compliance Readiness: Clean audit support, lender and covenant reporting support, and sales and use tax processes that run smoothly.
• A Smarter Process: Using AI and automation to shorten the close, strengthen controls, and share what works with the team.

Your First Year: What Success Looks Like

• You own your assigned close tasks and reconciliations end to end, delivered on the close calendar with minimal review comments.
• You have supported a full annual audit cycle, preparing schedules and responding to auditor requests quickly and accurately.
• You have automated or streamlined at least one recurring task using AI or other tools, and shared the approach with the team.
• You are the go-to person for the accounts you own, able to explain significant variances clearly to the Accounting Manager and stakeholders.

How You'll Spend Your Time

Close the Books

• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and allocations in line with the month-end close calendar.
• Prepare timely balance sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items.
• Perform analytical reviews of balance sheet and income statement results and explain significant variances.
• Maintain supporting schedules for fixed assets, leases, debt, equity, intangibles, and intercompany activity across domestic and international entities.

Keep Us Compliant

• Prepare audit schedules and documentation and respond to external auditor requests.
• Support lender reporting, covenant compliance, and sales and use tax processes with external tax providers.

Research, Improve, and Innovate

• Research and apply US GAAP guidance to transactions in partnership with the Accounting Manager.
• Support system implementations, special projects, external specialists, and ad hoc analyses.
• Use AI tools to automate recurring work, enhance reconciliations and analyses, and continuously improve the close.

What You Will Bring: Expertise. Knowledge. Drive.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting required; Master's degree in Accounting a plus.

Certifications: CPA preferred but not required.

Experience: 5+ years of progressive general accounting experience with broad exposure to balance sheet and income statement accounts, including month-end and year-end close.

Industry: Background in a product focused business such as distribution, manufacturing, wholesale, or retail.

Technical Accounting: Working knowledge of US GAAP and the ability to apply it in practice.

Systems: Hands-on SAP experience required. Experience with Workday Adaptive, Prophix, Workiva, Power BI, Alteryx, Avalara, and Claude (or an equivalent AI tool) is highly preferred.

Excel: Advanced Excel skills for data analysis and reconciliation.

AI Fluency: A track record of using AI tools frequently to improve processes and get day-to-day work done.

Detail and Problem Solving: High attention to accuracy, plus the critical thinking to thrive where processes are still evolving or not fully documented.

Communication: Strong written and verbal skills and the ability to work effectively across departments.

Work Location: Based at our La Vergne, TN office, with occasional extended or flexible hours during close and audit periods.

How You Will Show Up: Our "We Are One" Values

At JPW, how you get results matters as much as the results themselves. Here is what that looks like in this role:

• Accountability: You own your accounts and deadlines and deliver a close others can trust.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: You look for the faster, smarter way, and you reach for AI and automation to get there.
• Communication & Integrity: You keep records complete and honest, and you raise issues early and clearly.
• Decision Making: You think about how accurate numbers serve the business, our lenders, and ultimately our customers.
• Agility & Resilience: You stay steady through close crunches, audit requests, and shifting priorities.
• Collaboration & Inclusion: You partner closely with AR/AP, auditors, and stakeholders across the company.

Why JPW Industries? Lead. Innovate. Deliver.

We invest in the people who keep our business running strong. Here is what you can expect:

• Competitive Pay + Annual Bonuses
• Comprehensive Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, disability, telehealth from Day 1)
• Retirement Plans & Employer Contributions
• Generous PTO + Paid Holidays
• Career Development & Learning Opportunities
• Team Member Appreciation Events
• A Culture That Values Integrity, Teamwork & Innovation

At JPW Industries, we don't just build products, we build careers!

Be Part of Something Bigger. Apply Today.

JPW Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.