Job Information
Kay Manufacturing Staff Accountant in St Joseph, Michigan
General Description:
This is a job description to record the primary duties and tasks assigned to the position of staff accountant. This position reports to the assistant controller and serves as a backup to most other accounting functions.
Functions:
- Accounting
- Make regular general ledger journal entries via manual and template process
- Assists in prepare monthly financial statements, schedules and reports
- Prepare monthly commission spreadsheets and report
- Prepare various reports and spreadsheets as assigned by the assistant controller.
- Accounts Payable
- Act as a backup for the Accounts Payable process and check printing.
- Accounts Receivable
- Post customer cash receipts and miscellaneous reimbursements
- Prepare customer invoices and their transmittal to our customers. Must understand the shipping and auto invoice preparation process
- Budgeting
- Assist in the annual budget preparation process
- Costing / Pricing
- Assist in the preparation and analysis of the monthly ABC costing spreadsheet
- Inventory
- Assist in the preparation and analysis of cycle-count and annual inventories, this includes: raw material, WIP, and finished goods, production tooling, master tooling and other assets.
- Payroll
- Process weekly payroll in ADP and Plex
- Prepare payroll reports and spreadsheets as assigned by the assistant controller
- Purchasing
- Act as a backup for processing purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Other
- Perform other projects and tasks assigned by the assistant controller or CFO
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Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited four-year college or university highly preferred.
- Reputation for ethical decisions and behavior.
- Strong technical proficiency with Microsoft Office applications--Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Experience in Manufacturing and with Plex ERP systems is a plus.
- Solid understanding of GAAP.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good organizational skills and an eye for detail.
Mathematical skills:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measurement
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent
Reasoning ability:
- * *Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
* Physical demands:*
* *The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.