Senior Accountant

Full Time Professional La Vergne, TN, US

3 days ago Requisition

Location:
La Vergne, TN, Hybrid

Brands:Jet, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards, Baileigh, Axiom

Love a clean close? Get a real thrill out of a reconciliation that ties to the penny, or a variance you can explain in one sentence? As our Senior Accountant, you will be a core player on the accounting team, owning key balance sheet and income statement accounts and helping deliver a timely, accurate month-end close. And you will do it at a company that expects you to use AI every day to work smarter.

JPW Industries is a woodworking and metalworking machinery and tools company behind some of the most trusted names in the trade:
Jet, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards, Baileigh, and Axiom. With domestic and international entities, intercompany activity, lender reporting, and a full annual audit, this role offers broad exposure and real influence on how our accounting function runs, modernizes, and scales.

This is not a narrow, one-account seat. You will own outcomes that leadership relies on every month:

• A Reliable Close:Journal entries, accruals, allocations, and reconciliations that land on time and hold up to scrutiny.
• Account Integrity:Well-supported schedules for fixed assets, leases, debt, equity, intangibles, and intercompany balances across entities.
• Audit and Compliance Readiness:Clean audit support, lender and covenant reporting support, and sales and use tax processes that run smoothly.
• A Smarter Process:Using AI and automation to shorten the close, strengthen controls, and share what works with the team.

• You own your assigned close tasks and reconciliations end to end, delivered on the close calendar with minimal review comments.
• You have supported a full annual audit cycle, preparing schedules and responding to auditor requests quickly and accurately.
• You have automated or streamlined at least one recurring task using AI or other tools, and shared the approach with the team.
• You are the go-to person for the accounts you own, able to explain significant variances clearly to the Accounting Manager and stakeholders.

• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and allocations in line with the month-end close calendar.
• Prepare timely balance sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items.
• Perform analytical reviews of balance sheet and income statement results and explain significant variances.
• Maintain supporting schedules for fixed assets, leases, debt, equity, intangibles, and intercompany activity across domestic and international entities.

• Prepare audit schedules and documentation and respond to external auditor requests.
• Support lender reporting, covenant compliance, and sales and use tax processes with external tax providers.

• Research and apply US GAAP guidance to transactions in partnership with the Accounting Manager.
• Support system implementations, special projects, external specialists, and ad hoc analyses.
• Use AI tools to automate recurring work, enhance reconciliations and analyses, and continuously improve the close.

• Education:Bachelor's degree in Accounting required;
  Master's degree in Accounting a plus.
• Certifications:CPA preferred but not required.
• Experience:5+ years of progressive general accounting experience with broad exposure to balance sheet and income statement accounts, including month-end and year-end close.
• Industry:Background in a product focused business such as distribution, manufacturing,…