Senior Accountant

Description

Join Hydro-Gear as a Senior Accountant and play a critical role in driving financial excellence across the organization. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced accountant who enjoys building strong processes, improving systems, and transforming financial data into meaningful business insights.

*Please note, we are not able to consider candidates who currently or in the future will require visa sponsorship.

Hydro-Gear is a world leader in the design and production of precision drive solutions, serving multiple industries and delivering to customers worldwide. Our passion is innovation and a commitment to making our customers successful. Learn more about us at Hydro-Gear.com.

Job Type: Full-time, onsite located in Sullivan Illinois


Salary: Commensurate with experience (includes salary + biannual bonus)

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Key Responsibilities of our Senior Accountant

Financial Reporting & General Ledger

• Prepare, analyze, and distribute monthly financial statements
• Lead month-end close activities, including key balance sheet reconciliations
• Monitor the general ledger for unusual activity, coding inaccuracies, and posting issues
• Consolidate financial results and provide variance analysis and insights to leadership

Fixed Assets & Capital Expenditures

• Maintain fixed asset records, depreciation schedules, and supporting documentation
• Record fixed asset additions, disposals, transfers, and related activity
• Support capital expenditure (CapEx) reporting and analysis
• Improve fixed asset system reporting and data accuracy

Payroll & Compliance

• Review payroll journal entries and payroll-related accruals for accuracy
• Support sales and use tax filings and vendor compliance documentation
• Assist with internal controls, audits, and compliance with accounting standards and company policies

Systems & Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline manual accounting processes
• Improve reporting workflows and system utilization
• Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance accounting tools, documentation, and knowledge sharing

Why This Role Is Exciting

This is more than a traditional accounting position. As a Senior Accountant at Hydro-Gear , you'll have the opportunity to:

• Own and strengthen foundational accounting processes
• Improve systems, reporting, and automation
• Influence how the Finance function scales as the business grows
• Make a visible impact on financial accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making

If you enjoy solving problems, improving workflows, and balancing technical accounting with continuous improvement, this role offers the chance to build something meaningful.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3+ years of accounting experience (manufacturing experience preferred)
• Strong general ledger, financial reporting, and reconciliation experience
• Working knowledge of GAAP and internal controls
• Experience with payroll and fixed asset systems preferred.