Staff Accountant

29 Hanover Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA

LAPP is a family-owned company headquartered in Stuttgart and a global leader in cable and connection technology. Founded in 1959, we are still fully family-owned today. With around 5,800 employees, we are operating in over 80 countries – globally connected and regionally rooted. Working at LAPP means more: this is where inventive spirit and a hands‑on mentality meet cherished values and tradition.

We offer all employees the freedom to develop and pursue new opportunities. Flexibility and personal responsibility are just as important to us as a family‑friendly work environment. We value all our colleagues with their talents, ideas and perspectives.

The Staff Accountant, reporting to Regional Financial Reporting Manager, handles financial close processes, prepares accurate reports, reconciles accounts, and collaborates with stakeholders to ensure compliance and accuracy. They support budgeting, audits, and process improvements while assisting with special projects.

Support the management team in the financial close processes and general accounting and tax functions including but not limited to the following:

• Prepare complete and accurate journal entries.
• Reconcile, analyze, and adjust GL accounts and maintain accurate details in support of the general ledger account balances.
• Oversee accounting operations or a complex segment of the accounting function.
• Prepare, analyze and review monthly financial statements and all supporting schedules for the local and group consolidations, annual audit, and tax requirements.
• Prepare variance analysis and correct errors/resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare bank reconciliations including foreign bank accounts.
• Correspond with corporate office, tax authorities, external auditors, and others as needed to correctly account for and report financial information.
• Collaborate with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.
• Assist management team in process improvement initiatives in all disciplines of accounting including documenting procedures, work instructions, and process flow memos.
• Support management team with special projects and other related duties.
• Support Financial Planning and Budgeting team with the annual budgeting process and ad‑hoc accounting information and analysis.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Detail‑oriented, highly organized, process‑driven, and competent in math.
• Team player with great interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to problem‑solve in a multi‑task environment, adapt to multiple demands and shifting/competing priorities, and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced environment and work well under pressure.
• Ability to handle and analyze large amounts of complex data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Possess the highest level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Evidence of strong grasp of accounting principles.
• Intellectually curious, creative, and collaborative.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically skilled in Excel.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business‑related field.
• Minimum 3‑5 years’ experience in accounting.
• Strong analytical skills – Proficiency with analytical tools.
• Experience with SAP and/or Power BI highly preferred.

This position is located in New Jersey and reports to the Florham Park, NJ office. Incumbents of this position are required to work a hybrid schedule (3x per week in the office‑Tues mandatory +2).

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Proficiency in the English language both written and verbal is required. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Effective in gathering and analyzing disparate data elements as well as presenting information and responding to inquiries from groups of managers, customers, the general public and global…