Senior Finance Analyst

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you'll find the packaging career you've been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC's longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We're constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a "Best of the Best" in the Best workplaces in the America's awards for 12 years in a row.

It's how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION: Columbus, WI

SUMMARY: In this highly visible position the Senior Finance Analyst will provide financial support to our accounting and finance team. Specific duties include budgeting, monitoring of actuals to forecast, and monthly close.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Reporting

• Responsible for the management of daily accounting functions and financial reporting in compliance with generally acceptable accounting principles (GAAP)
• Manage the monthly closing function including timely preparation and distribution of the monthly financial statements.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries, bank reconciliations, GL account reconciliations and financial statements;
• Maintain lease accounting under ASC 842 including system administration of Lease Query.
• Track capital expenditures and commitments to provide a monthly status update on each CER. Review budgeted projects in CIP on a quarterly basis and alert management if a project appears to be going over budget or will not complete by year-end.
• Maintain fixed asset register. Reconcile fixed asset subledger to general ledger. Manage process for disposal of assets and putting new assets into service.
• Develop reporting for business partners and support internal customers in understanding the financial facts behind business decisions.
• Establish and maintain cycle counting procedures, including follow up on discrepancies.
• Lead quarterly inventory review with management. Reconcile inventory records with third-party warehouse. Review and approve Authorizations For Destruction (AFD). Coordinate year-end inventory testing with outside auditors.
• Prepare and/or review weekly and monthly reports (inventory, backlog, bookings, anticipated sales, working capital)
• Own and develop monthly reporting to senior leadership.

Budget and Forecasting

• Assist with budget and forecasting activities and timeline for COE.
• Own variances to budget and report out variances to senior leadership.
• Partner with business functions to accurately budget and forecast by business function.
• Prepare annual expense forecast as input to the annual budget process.

Audit

• Lead and prepare the year-end financial statement audit including coordination with external auditors and internal teams.
• Coordinate activities in preparation for other periodic audits and reports and reports such as the Flexible Packaging Association and US Census Bureau

Finance IT Applications

• Support with Business Central and Radius IT support to add new General Ledger accounts as needed and update financial reporting templates and retrievals.
• Assist in current and future accounting/finance system implementation and upgrades.
• Support ERP and bolt on financial product implementations; lead cross functional teams as required.

Cash/Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable

• Reconciliation of payroll accounts
• Credit card management and reconciliation
• Own daily cash balances, entry and/or approval of ACHs/Wires, and monthly cash projection consolidation
• Assist with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams as needed, including processing invoices, check run and supplier finance administration.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be…