Responsibilities:
1. Financial Operations Management
- Manage and oversee daily operations of transactional roles within the accounting department, including Invoicing and Accounts Payable.
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
- Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure.
- Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies, and principles.
- Create, maintain, and monitor monthly financial closing checklists and calendars.
- Review and electronically file monthly sales tax returns for states and multiple local jurisdictions.
- Review capital expenditures for proper addition and disposal, ensuring compliance with established policy.
- Perform monthly account analysis, bank account reconciliation, and preparation of Corporate Treasury Report.
- Implement process improvements and optimize period end close.
2. Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Work closely with the Financial Controller to prepare regular reports supporting subsidiary management in key decisions through variance analysis, cost reductions, profitability enhancement, and planning & forecasting.
- Directly manage sales and margin closure, conducting related analysis by customer, product line, purchase price variances, labor, and overhead over-under absorption.
- Work with Sales and Project Management for construction contracts revenue recognition calculation and Project profitability tracking.
- Support monthly/quarterly/yearly close, ensuring accurate inventory and cost of sales reconciliation, proper accruals and reserves calculation, and complete and accurate reporting.
- Maintain accurate account reconciliations.
- Support monthly/quarterly forecasts, annual operating plans, and long-term plans.
3. Compliance and Audit
- Provide support for the annual audit.
- Promote compliance with Corporate policies & guidelines, applicable accounting principles, and legislative requirements.
4. System Utilization
- Utilize accounting IT systems to facilitate processes and maintain records.
Qualifications:
- 5-7 years in a similar role within modern organized companies.
- Project accounting experience.
- BS/BA in accounting, finance, or relevant field (Professional certification such as CPA is a plus).
- Good knowledge of ERP systems (SAP modules FI, CO, PS).
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and HFM reporting system.
- Solid knowledge of GAAP and IFRS accounting standards.
- Knowledge of Khameleon is a plus.
- Ability to manage strict deadlines.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Great flexibility and enthusiasm.
- Ability to work well as part of a team in a high-paced, multi-tasking environment.
- Ability to work with remote and multi-cultural teams.