General Accounting Supervisor

Basic Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Controller, the General Accounting Supervisor is responsible for financial reporting and managing the General Accounting Department.

• Interview, select, train, and supervise general accounting personnel who perform the following functions: accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and financial reporting for affiliated companies.
• Design and maintain all Sage 300 financial reports. Produce all monthly FWWD and consolidated financial reports. Prepare additional analysis reports (including Cost of Quality) for operations meetings.
• Set up month‑end closing procedures for all companies
• Prepare or supervise preparation of all month‑end and year‑end journal entries (except for some cost‑related entries) for FWWD. Close the month and year on Sage 300.
• Maintain the general ledger for FWWD. Investigate problems relating to the integrity of the general ledger. Reconcile inter‑company accounts.
• Analyze general ledger accounts and prepare work papers for annual audit. Coordinate audit with BG&S staff for all companies.
• Work with Information Systems personnel to design and maintain general accounting computer systems.
• Establish and analyze overhead rates.
• Prepare FWWD biweekly and monthly payrolls.
• Compute salesmen’s commissions.
• Prepare payroll tax deposits and all payroll tax returns for FWWD. Prepare annual W‑2 forms for all companies. Responsible for payroll tax compliance.
• Prepare biweekly 401K, 401K matching, defined contributions, and loan payments.
• Prepare various insurance reports, including long‑term disability, term life insurance, manufacturing output, and foreign shipments.
• Prepare other miscellaneous government reports as required, such as those requested by the Census Bureau.
• Supervision of annual physical inventories at WWD or AWD (alternating yearly between facilities). Assist in auditing FWWD inventories. Coordinate fixed asset inventory.
• Maintain cash balance and work with the bank regarding checking account inquiries and problems.
• Coordinate file storage at American Way and Ardmore facilities.
• Bank reconciliation is done for all companies on a rotating basis.
• Perform the quantitative analysis required for its 401K investments by analyzing the current returns on 401K investments and prepare an earnings report for management.
• Perform credit checks on potential customers and maintain the credit files with current information on current and potential customers.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

• Prefer Bachelor of Science in Accounting with 5 years of experience in the accounting field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in supervision.
• Experience with Sage, AS400, Syte Line/Infor ERP, Paylocity, Excel, and Word.