Manager, Shared Services Accounting

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** Description of

Essential Job Functions:

** 1.
** Lead Strategy, Planning, and Management
** 1. Act as Accounting Manager and strategic business partner to plant leadership team.  Serve as a key member of 4

Front Finance team.
2. Assess and evaluate financial performance of plant with regard to long term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts.
3. Provide insight and recommendations to both short-term and long-term growth plan of the plant.
4. Support ERP systems and software to provide critical financial and operational information.
5. Evaluate departments and make suggestions for automating processes and increasing working efficiency.
6. Implement policies, procedures and processes as deemed appropriate by the Corporate Controller.  Maintain documented system of accounting policies and operations.
2.
** Direct Financial Analysis, Budgeting, and Forecasting
** 1. Participate in annual plant budget preparation, provide budget oversight, and facilitate ongoing budgetary reviews with Company leadership.
2. Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and analyses to include comparative expenses, balance sheet, and income statements.
3. Organize financial statements/results for records and review and provide recommendations.
4. Prepare periodic sales variance reports and explain variations to plan and/or trends.
3.
** Oversee Accounting, General Ledger, Administration, and Operations
** 1. Manage all aspects of accounting and finance operations to include general ledger, month-end close, tax compliance, and revenue recognition, etc.
2. Maintain general ledger structure including Chart of Accounts.
3. Lead the accounting department to ensure the proper functioning of all systems, databases, and financial software.  Ensure regular maintenance and backup of all accounting systems.
4. Ensure the accuracy of all transactions that are entered into the General Ledger.  Trace, adjust, and reconcile general ledger accounts  and records (balance sheet, P&L, bank accounts, etc.) and correct errors, omissions, etc.
5. Manage/Participate in the month end close process, constantly reviewing procedures while eliminating inefficiencies.
6. Review all month-end closing activities including general ledger accounts, balance sheet accounts, and overhead cost allocation.  Post and process journal entries for month end closing.
7. Ensure effective internal control system via general accounting processes including verifying accounting policies and procedures are consistently followed.
8. Create, administer, and enforce systems and processes for financial controls and procedures including identifying and implementing solutions to control inadequacies.
9. Ensure compliance with financial transaction recording standards (e.g., general ledger, cash payments/collections, tax transactions, etc.).10. Ensure the Company complies with all local, state, and federal laws and other regulatory requirements regarding finances, tax filings, and reporting.
11. Monitor financial information and provide for the preparation and timely filing of all local, state, and federal tax returns.  Assist with preparation of quarterly and year-end tax schedules.
12. Ensure financial and regulatory compliance standards are met with respect to audits, banking, taxes, other institutional requirements, etc.
13. Prepare accounting reports/schedules for internal audiences (management reporting) and/or for external audiences (compliance reporting) including consolidation of financial statements, cash flow reporting, budget reporting, etc.).14. Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors related to the plant.  Manage preparation and support of all external audits by providing requested information to external independent auditors in annual examination of the financial records.  

Organize information and statements for audits and both internal and external auditors. Participate in the investigation, review and resolution of issues as required.
15. Define, benchmark and implement operational best practices.
16. Assist with the establishment, documentation and continuous improvement of all financial…