Financial Analyst I

Job TitlePay Range $35hr - $37hrRequirement/Must Have:BBA/BBS - Accounting major.2+ years of finance accounting experience including journal entry and reconciliation experience.Excellent personal computer skills (software programs including Word, Excel and Access) and practical knowledge of calculators.Excellent understanding of computerized reporting systems, query tools, and internal control.A systematic or organized approach to performing tasks with neatness, accuracy, and reconciliation.Individual must be able to work on multiple tasks as well as work for several individuals on a regular basis.Requires good communication skills and ability to perform and communicate financial analysis to support business decision making.Responsibilities:Prepare monthly journal entries from worksheets, maintain daily records for all inventory elements, perform monthly reconciliations related to inventory reporting.Oversee metal receiving functions along with maintaining accurate daily records for all metal receipts to reconcile the activity to inventory reporting and billings and book the necessary journal entries to record the metal receipt activity, which includes the appropriate cost variances.Maintain and update worksheet for monthly melting and casting activity.Record all activity by alloy and prepare and book the journal voucher for the activity.Review the activity for reasonableness and discuss significant variances with supervisor to obtain approval before posting the journal voucher.Participate in the preparation of annual budgets for the departments by line item expense category.Ability to perform monthly detailed analysis of expenditures on a request basis, review all monthly general ledger activity for inaccurate and invalid account usage and prepare adjusting journal entries to correct, and assist as required in special projects researching or compiling data that would be used in current condition analysis or to satisfy an information request.Issue and maintain document controls of all Physical Inventory forms.Perform monthly reconciliation between Oracle and the AS400 system and prepare adjusting journal entries to book to the general ledger.Support preparation of the company's Self-Assessment Tool and must have an ongoing working knowledge of procedures and policies in the self-assessment tool related to inventory and cost accounting.Nice to Have:Experience in an operating/manufacturing environment.Skills:Organizational skills.MS Office/Computer skills.Sense of ownership.