Sr. Accountant

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$75,000.00/yr - $/yr

The Senior Accountant's purpose is to manage the day-to-day transactions of the general ledger and maintain accurate monthly reconciliations. The Senior Accountant contributes to the department's goals of accurate and timely reporting of financial data to internal and external stakeholders by performing a variety of tasks including but not limited to account analyses, month-end close task including recording manual journal entries, maintaining financial statement reports and other activities as determined by their supervisor.

• Facilitate the monthly close process to meet the close schedule
• Record manual journal entries required for month end close as listed on division’s checklist
• Monitor the month end accrual process to make sure that all revenue and expenses are reported in the proper period
• Prepare, enter and validate both recurring and one-time general ledger entries assigned and as deemed necessary
• Automate recurring entries to improve efficiency and reduce inaccuracy of entry
• Facilitate balance sheet account reconciliations ensuring timely completion and presentation of all reconciliations and properly valued balance sheet balances
• Create/update balance sheet account reconciliations for areas of responsibilities that can be used to provide support of the balance sheet numbers and can be used to make adjusting journal entries
• Propose changes to reconciliation formats to facilitate presentation and ease of preparation
• Provide budget to actual variances and general ledger details to managers during the close process
• Maintain a sufficient understanding of other department member duties (AP, AR) in order to provide support for team members
• Review and approve daily/weekly invoice coding
• Provide supporting documentation for audits as requested
• Assist with writing and maintaining SOP’s to document processes for areas of responsibility
• Act as an internal auditor to review the SOPs of other areas in the accounting department for accuracy.
• Demonstrate an excellent working knowledge and application of intermediate accounting principles and an understanding of their effects on the financial statements
• Review process and determine any changes to help with efficiency and accuracy
• Mentor staff accountant and AP and AR staff
• Be a member of the accounting implementation team for software changes

• Maintain tracking of divisional Capital Expenditure spending, including capitalization, depreciation and disposal of assets in our fixed asset management software (Sage).
• Prepare reconciliations and journal entries to properly account for agricultural assets & inventories, including cattle and feed.
• Complete AR invoicing and tracking of all cattle sales.
• Assist with monthly accruals to ensure accuracy of monthly expenses.
• Aid finance management by preparing support schedules to be used in meeting periodic internal and external reporting requirements
• Support information requests from other management personnel for responsibility areas (including the budgeting process) and regulatory information.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting establishing the groundwork for competencies in accounting practice and theory, which are called upon daily in the performance of the job or equivalent in education and experience
• 4+ years related experience including accounting, account reconciliation and ERP experience

Ability to sit and focus for extended periods of time in front of a computer screen and/or while utilizing various office equipment (calculators, copy machines, etc.).

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Food Production

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