Senior Accountant

9401 Indian Creek Pkwy
Overland Park, KS 66210, USA

Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments – at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running.

By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

The Senior Accountant position supports Kissner Milling Company and is responsible for general ledger postings, including intercompany transactions and allocations, prepaid expenses, payroll related accruals, among other month-end accounting tasks. The senior accountant is responsible for preparing monthly account reconciliations ensuring account balances are adequately supported and reconciling items are identified. The position will also perform ad hoc account analysis to support census data and statistical reporting and support internal and external audit requests.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• Minimum of five years in a corporate accounting function at a large or medium sized company (public or private). A working understanding of inventory management required.
• Strong organizational and time management skills in order to meet deadlines.
• Effective communication skill, both written and spoken, required.
• Team player capable of multi-tasking and providing results within deadlines.
• Willingness to learn and provide assistance in areas beyond job description.
• Experience with Dynamics NAV software
• Experience with One Stream account reconciliations.
• Experience working in a multi-currency environment (Canada specifically)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Intercompany Transactions: This position is responsible for managing, updating, and ensuring accuracy for the intercompany activities between related entities. The main responsibilities are to organize, control, coordinate, and execute the monthly reconciliation of all intercompany balances. In addition, this role cross partners daily with plant controllers and other corporate departments for ongoing account transactions and reconciling items.
• Month End Close: Ensure that all assigned closing transactions are done on time and in accordance with the month end calendar, including bank reconciliations and requesting month-end information from key stakeholders and following up if any discrepancies or missing documentation are identified. Also, assist controller with preparation of month end reporting data.
• Account Reconciliation and Analysis: Monthly, prepare account reconciliations and upload to One Stream ensuring the balances are adequately explained and supported to facilitate management’s review and unreconciled items are resolved on a timely basis.
• Lease management: Help with the tracking and reconciliation of leases on a monthly and quarterly basis and report to corporate lease accounting team.
• Payroll and vacation accruals: Prepare journal entries for weekly payrolls and prepare monthly payroll, retirement and vacation accrual entries with supporting documentation for the entries.
• Rebates: Manage customer rebate accruals and validate deductions and credits issued monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Internal Control and Audit: Ensure proper internal controls are maintained in executing accounting duties, including maintaining adequate supporting documentation for journal entries and account reconciliations. Assist with internal and external audit requests by collecting and organizing supporting documentation.
• Census and Statistical Reporting: Create and complete templates for quarterly and annual Census and Statistical Reporting for both US and Canada governmental reporting agencies. Prepare support calculations for balance sheet and income statement line items. Develop ad hoc reporting based on requirements including legal entity level and account activity. Prepare results for internal management review as well as direct final submission.
• Other regulatory reporting: Help create data sets for Canadian and US…