The Senior Staff Accountant supports monthly accounting and finance activities, including financial close, inventory management, and accounts payable, to ensure accurate financial reporting and operational efficiency within a renewable energy company.
Key Responsibilities
Support monthly accounting and financial activities, including preparing journal entries and performing balance sheet reconciliations.
Assist with plant financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis to improve accuracy and operational decision-making.
Conduct weekly and monthly inventories of raw materials, spare parts, and consumables, ensuring accurate accounting of finished goods shipped.
Monitor and record plant load-out activities, ensuring all loads leaving the plant are properly documented and reconciled.
Reconcile and process accounts payable transactions, including invoice matching, coding, and resolving discrepancies.
Ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures in processing invoices and purchase orders.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, Finance, or related quantitative field
4-7 years of relevant accounting experience
Experience processing a high volume of invoices and/or purchase orders
Demonstrated ability to plan and organize work activities, manage time efficiently and follow policies and procedures
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and accounting software such as Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, or similar ERP system
Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning financial data
Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff
Support in preparing journal entries and supporting documentation during the corporate monthly financial close
Assist the Plant Controller with performing balance sheet reconciliations during the corporate monthly financial close
Assist the Plant Controller with completing bi-weekly forecasts and the annual budget
Support analyses to improve forecast accuracy and operational decision making
Take weekly and monthly inventories, including raw material, spare parts, and consumable inventories
Ensure the accurate accounting of finished goods inventory shipped from the operating plant location to the port location
Monitor the plant’s load out function to ensure all loads leaving are recorded in the software system daily
Communicate effectively with the port’s Office Manager to ensure all loads leaving the plant were subsequently received by the port
Timely resolution of any daily reconciling items or potential inventory discrepancies
Assist in reconciling invoices to purchase orders, purchase requisitions, and receiving reports for goods and services three-way matching
Ensure that appropriate sales tax is either included on the vendor invoice or tracked on a daily log to assist with monthly accrual and payment
Assist with obtaining appropriate approval for payment of invoices received that do not have a purchase requisition or purchase order number
Review for the accurate coding and timely processing of invoices
Investigate and resolve all discrepancies associated with the processing of invoices
Review the coding of purchase orders and confirm the appropriate accounting treatment of invoices including prepaid expenses and fixed assets
Ensure transactions comply with financial policies and procedures
Willing and able to work in an industrial environment and maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment as needed
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule not specified
Work environment includes industrial setting with safety equipment requirements
Supportive work environment with opportunities for operational improvement and process efficiency
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