Job DescriptionThe NAIP Senior Accountant, reports to the NAIP Accounting Manager and will be a key member of the NAIP Accounting team and work in collaboration with the NAIP Plant Managers and NAIP finance team. Candidate must be a self-starter, adept at communicating with multiple levels of an organization, and have the ability to build trust, influence, and work with teams cross functionally.
Responsibilities: - Prepare JEs to accrue any unrecorded revenue or cost items; accruals, handle special plant events accounting - e.g. closures, start-ups, insurance claims etc.
- Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for "plant-controlled" balance sheet accounts per company policy
- Produce accurate monthly BS & P&L's for the plants in accordance with GAAP
- Establish, communicate, and track plant closing calendar
- Lead monthly review meetings of plant P&L's
- Support inter/intra company reconciliations
- Liaise with FP&A and finance team members
- Explain variance fluctuations in plants P&L's
- Provide accounting guidance to plant managers for invoice coding
- Ad-hoc analytics for responsible sites' BS & P&L's
- Track and report progress of assigned projects
- Lead effective communication, coordination and cooperation amongst the project team and between other company functions or business unit leaders.
- Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders across the company.
Requirements - Accounting degree
- experience with accounting Close Process
- 5+ years of accounting experience, including month end close for Accruals, prepaid, inventory
- Comfortable working in a Fast-Paced Environment
- Large ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics SL a plus)
- Strong Excel skills a must
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Dispute resolution and claims management experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
