Senior Staff Accountant

Estes Industries has built, and our customers have flown, over 500 million small solid-propellant rocket motors overthe past sixty years. Estes serves a broad range of customers in the education, hobby, industrial, defense, and government markets. Located in Penrose, Colorado, with approximately 80employees and growing, Estes offers great employee benefits and competitive wages. We currently have an opening for aSenior

Staff Accountant.

The Senior Staff Accountant independently performs assigned general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, month-end close activities, and financial reporting in a manufacturing environment. This position investigates accounting discrepancies, prepares supported recommendations for Controller review, and provides technical guidance and supportto other accounting team members. This position reports to the Controller.

• Prepare monthly journal entries for revenue, expenses,accruals, prepaid expenses, and other assigned accounts in accordance withGAAP and company policies.

• Complete assigned subledger-to-general-ledger and balance sheet account reconciliations within established close deadlines.

• Investigate reconciling differences, prepare documented corrections for appropriate approval, and follow outstanding items through resolution.

• Analyze revenue, expenses, and grossmarginagainst budget, forecast, and prior periods. Prepare explanations of significant variances by customer, product line, or department, as appropriate, for Controller review and management reporting.

• Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules for Controller review, including balance sheets, income statements, statements of equity, and cash flow statements.
  
  Verify agreement to underlying accounting records and prepare work papers and information requested by external auditors and tax accountants.

• Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and related accounting systems to process transactions, research ledger activity, and prepare reports.

• Develop andmaintainrecurring Excel reconciliations, schedules, and reports with clear supporting documentation and validation checks for completeness and accuracy.

• Provide day-to-day technical guidance and support to other accounting team members, review assigned work, and help resolve coding, payment application, reconciliation, and processing questions. Escalate significant issues to the Controller with supporting information and a recommended resolution.

• Supportaccountsreceivable activities, including monitoring customer portals, preparing monthly accruals, researching invoice discrepancies, disputing customer chargebacks, and preparing supported customer account adjustments.

• Reviewaccountsreceivable aging reports, support collection follow-up, andidentifyoverdue or higher-risk accounts under established credit and collection policies. Prepare recommended reserve adjustments or account corrections for Controller review.

• Supports customer service personnel in obtaining and entering proper documentation for customer sales tax exemptions.
  
  Assistsin reviewing, verifying, and correcting transactions withinsalestax reporting system.
  
  Assistsin reconciling and monitoring sales tax registration and reporting innumerousstates.

• Assists with accounts payable processes as required, including updating vendor contacts and master records in accounting system.

• Reconcile bank accounts and review assigned credit card and payment processor reconciliations. Research missing, duplicate, unapplied, or incorrectly posted transactions; prepare supported corrections; and verify that reconciling differences are resolved.

• Complete assigned month-end and year-end closing responsibilities within the established close calendar. Obtain necessary information from other departments,maintain complete supporting work papers, and communicate unresolved issues or potential delays to the Controller promptly.

• Oversees tracking of capital assets, including updating capital asset database, ensuring physical descriptions match records, compiling supporting documentation, and verifying monthly depreciation calculations using appropriate bookand tax methods.

• Support the annual budget process by organizing departmental submissions,validating data and formulas, and consolidating inputs. Prepare quarterly budget-to-actual reports and investigate significant variances for Controller and departmental review.

• Research assigned accounting questions andpreparerecommended treatment,…