Our client is seeking a strong Senior Accountant to oversee finances for their manufacturing plant from their headquarters in Las Colinas, with occasional travel (twice a month) to their plant about 2 hours away. Our client is one of the most established, global manufacturing companies in the world, founded over 100 years ago, with over 6.500 employees worldwide, with industrial facilities in more than 45 countries. The Senior Accountant will oversee this division, which is about 50MM in revenue. Employees who join our client typically stay committed and loyal to remain there for many years. They enjoy the strong culture with a positive, team environment.
Please note: This division's main activities are demilitarization, the development of new energetics for the DoD and load assembly and packing operations for conventional ammunition. The salary for this position will be around $75,000, with a bonus structure of 15%. There might be some flexibility in the compensation, but not much.
The Senior Accountant position functions as a business partner with plant and financial management to effectively manage and control the finances and production of the plant. The Senior Accountant leads the financial staff at the plant and is accountable for plant-level responsibilities including general accounting, payables, order entry, billing, cost accounting, bill of materials, business analysis, financial reporting, sales (pricing) management, and computer operations. This person will also liaison with corporate financial staff for the larger company, as required.
We are looking for accounting professional with at least 7 years of experience, with experience working with or in an industrial plant or company.
This is an excellent opportunity to grow with large, global company; you can be a part of the exciting changes that they are implementing.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for internal controls at the plant for operations and finance.
- Analyze and accurately report current month’s financial results to the plant, sales, and corporate management
- Ensure accuracy of the physical inventory and reported results.
- Ensure accuracy of audits of bills of materials to ensure product costs are accurate and accounted for properly.
- Maintain a perpetual inventory for finished goods and reconcile this with production, shipping and returns on a daily basis.
- Attend daily plant production meetings.
- Review and manage labor reporting and costs, material costs, manufacturing overhead, distribution cost, returns and inventory levels.
- Conduct formal meetings with manufacturing, finance and sales management personnel to discuss all plant issues.
- Document and understand ERP/MRP systems, hardware, and reporting conventions and serve as the go to person for answering questions and resolving issues
- Resolve questions of GAAP and internal controls with corporate financial management.
Requirements:
Education/Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree in Accounting Finance or related major required. Sorry, no exceptions.
Professional Experience
- Minimum of 7 years experience in Accounting, 2 years managing finances for an industrial or manufacturing company
Other skills (languages, IT, other technical knowledge)