Accounting Supervisor

Accounting Supervisor

Our client, an automotive components company, is looking for an Accounting Supervisor for their Plano, TX location.

Responsibilities:

• Fully understand financial closing procedures (cash, AR, prepaid expenses and other assets, PPE, AP, and accrued expenses).
• Compiles and analyzes sales, COGS, gross profit, and operating expenses.
• Prepare, review, and reconcile sub-ledgers (cash, AR, prepaid expenses and other assets, PPE, AP, and accrued expenses) to G/L, including preparing proper journal entries.
• Prepare and analyze AR and AP aging.
• Analyze AR allowance or sales returns.
• Understand logics of accrued expenses.
• Understand and prepare cash flows.
• Understand tax provisions.
• Supervise and train AR members (applies cash payments to AR) (Bridgette, Lisa, and Andrea, additionally technical advises to LAO AR team).
• Studies and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of subordinates.
• Reviews source data, subledgers, general ledger accounts, balance sheet, and income statement schedules, the other reports, and/or prepare required journal entries.
• Recommends enhancements to general accounting activities to ensure compliance with organizational and governmental policies and procedures and to ensure the most effective and efficient operations.
• Implements process and automation improvements to reduce reconciliation efforts.
• Develop, recommend and implement procedures to improve efficiency of current financial and costing systems and data gathering for reporting.
• Operates within budgetary guidelines and assists in budget development for the company.
• Communicates and interacts with external auditors and responds to their inquiries and requests for additional information in a timely manner.
• Performs a wide variety of accounting functions including preparation, review, and approval of journal entries, month-end closing processes and reports, year-end schedules and reports, quarterly/annual tax reports, and account reconciliation.
• Responsible for month-end closing duties and financial reporting of the assigned field.
• Responsible for management of capital assets and account reconciliations for the assigned field.
• Performs analysis on cash flow forecast and assists Manager, Accounting with operational cash management activities.
• Meets accounting operational standards by contributing financial information to strategic plans and reviews; implements production, productivity, quality and customer service standards; resolves problems; and identifies system improvements.
• Assists Manager, Accounting with transfer pricing studies information compilation; accounting improvements implementation for subsidiaries and physical inventory management and audit in all locations including company subsidiary.
• Ensure and enforce controls in compliance to J-SOX key controls, workflows, and standards for the assigned fields
• Directly supervises one to three team members.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college or university; and a minimum of five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Fluent in Japanese is big plus
• Good experience in financial accounting (five years or more)
• Good experience in managerial accounting (Cost accounting) (five years or more)
• Work experience in the Automotive industry preferable (three years or more)
• Work experience in Factory accounting (Inventory accounting) is plus
• Possesses leadership capabilities, solid operational and technical accounting background, and works proactively to drive results.
• This person is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity, and is action and goal-oriented in a fast-paced, team-oriented, collaborative environment

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities