Senior Accountant

About The Role The Senior Accountant holds a crucial role in upholding the financial integrity of a dynamic manufacturing and distribution organization operating with multiple subsidiaries. This multifaceted position encompasses a spectrum of duties, including reconciling account balances, ensuring precision in the preparation of financial reporting, fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams, and actively contributing to the month-end closing, year-end closing, as well as annual financial audit. Performs other related duties as assigned. What You’ll Do Reconciliation and Balancing: Conduct balance sheet reconciliations on each entity level and the consolidated level, diligently addressing any discrepancies in assets, liabilities, and equity accounts. Execute reclassification entries with precision and internal notes, including current and long-term liabilities, ROU balances, and monthly lease transactions. Reconcile bank accounts and credit card statements to ensure accuracy and data integrity. Prepare documentation for unusual items and exceptions in reconciliations. Prepare estimates, amortizations, and significant judgments financial records; Accounts Receivable Allowances, Inventory allowances, Warranty Claims, Rebates, Accruals, Deferrals, Prepaids. Record approved inventory adjustments, transfers, and revaluation reports. Reconciliation and Balancing: Conduct balance sheet reconciliations on each entity level and the consolidated level, diligently addressing any discrepancies in assets, liabilities, and equity accounts. Execute reclassification entries with precision and internal notes, including current and long-term liabilities, ROU balances, and monthly lease transactions. Reconcile bank accounts and credit card statements to ensure accuracy and data integrity. Prepare documentation for unusual items and exceptions in reconciliations. Prepare estimates, amortizations, and significant judgments financial records; Accounts Receivable Allowances, Inventory allowances, Warranty Claims, Rebates, Accruals, Deferrals, Prepaids. Record approved inventory adjustments, transfers, and revaluation reports. Fixed Assets Management: Maintaining the Fixed Assets ledger, ensure detailed record‑keeping and timely updates to the status of each asset. Management of asset‑related updates and meticulously recording journal entries for various asset transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, transfers, exchanges, leases, depreciations, amortizations, and trade‑ins. Stay on top of Fixed Assets inventory, track discrepancies, and publish monthly asset status report for internal review. Accounts Receivable, Customer Deposits, and Accounts Payable Oversight: Review weekly and monthly A/R, customer deposits, vendor prepayments, and A/P reports, and ensure seamless reconciliation with the general ledger. Correct reporting of AR (Accounts Receivable) and AP (Accounts Payable) aging schedules. Maintains accuracy of COA coding for all GL entries including expenses, liabilities, and assets in A/P. Assist with AP, AR, and banking transactions, record keeping, or entries when needed. Treasury Assistance and Compliance: Record account transfers, and ZBA transactions. Attain approval and record missing ledger transactions while coordinating with AP and AR staff. Credit card transactions coding and classification. Compilation and preparation of the consolidated Financial Statements & Compliance: Play a pivotal role in meticulously preparing entities and consolidated financial statements and budget reports as per predetermined schedules by the Controller. Recording and reconciling the intercompany elimination entries, journals, balances, and reports. Collaboration and Audit Support: Provide integral support during the month-end close process, alongside adeptly executing corresponding journal entries. Offer essential assistance during both internal and external audits, thereby actively contributing to the meticulous process of financial and management reporting. Facilitate transaction processing by fostering effective collaboration with cross-departmental teams, thereby ensuring the fluidity of financial operations. Intercompany Transactions and Financial Analysis: Engage in astute division profitability analysis and generate insightful monthly job analysis reports that are informative for strategic decision‑making. Skillfully manage foreign exchange transactions transacted by the Treasury department, if any, and properly record and report in accounting books. Collaboration with Cost Accountant: Collaborate closely with the cost accountant to generate comprehensive reports related to Work in Progress (WIP), variance costing, cost center reports, product segment reports and others. Ensure the accuracy and integrity of data in these reports to provide valuable insights into manufacturing costs, breakeven points, flow‑through, and profitability. Assisting the Controller: Prepare financial reports, perform account reconciliations, maintain the general ledger, assist with audit preparations, and execute other accounting duties as assigned. Execute core accounting functions and programs related to the monthly closing process, WIP schedules and account reconciliations. GL accounts maintenance, creation, and update. Investigate and resolve audit findings, account discrepancies, and issues of non‑compliance. Extract and analyze sales, cost data, and provide operational insights to the management team. Translate payroll data and employee benefits to GL journal entries. Intercompany transaction entries; meticulously record intercompany eliminating entries and maintain oversight over intercompany transfers, and due to / due from balances. Coordinate external audits and tax‑related activities with the company's CPA firm. Offer integral support to the accounting department, and proactively nurture junior team members through mentorship. Budgeting and Forecasting support: Provide support in critical processes of budgeting and forecasting for each plant and each department. Leverage financial acumen to contribute to the creation of accurate and insightful budget reports, enabling strategic decision‑making for the organization’s financial future. Investigate and document significant variances from the budget and prior periods. Variance Analysis and Communication: Employ an analytical mindset to conduct variance analysis, and promptly address and rectify transactions with incorrect cutoff periods, ensuring data integrity. Employ effective communication skills to engage with customers and vendors, and proactively resolve intricate accounting matters. Training & Education: 6+ years of relevant GL / Senior Accountant or Technical Accountant work experience required. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field required. Oracle NetSuite experience is a plus. Command of MS Excel, including advanced skills in VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables. Profound knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Adeptness in navigating financial accounting statements and a comprehensive understanding of financial consolidation and eliminations. Technical accounting and GL reconciliation skills. Expertise in general ledger functions, able to handle both month‑end and year‑end closing processes independently. Why Join Us You’ll play a key role in strengthening customer trust by ensuring high-quality service outcomes and leading a team committed to excellence. This is a great opportunity for a proactive leader who enjoys solving problems, developing people, and improving processes. Additional Information: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: Medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits 401k Retirement Plan Paid time Off (PTO) Company Paid Holidays Employee Discount to company products Value Windows & Doors Inc. is a Drug Free workplace and EEO employer committed to employing a diverse workforce. You are welcome to visit our website: #J-18808-Ljbffr