Senior Accountant

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Murata Power Solutions is powering what's next in high-performance, sustainable power conversion. We focus on two of the most transformative technology markets:
Server, Storage, and Networking (SSN) and advanced automation, including robotics and energy storage.

Ranked among the world’s top five suppliers of advanced power electronics, we deliver one of the industry’s widest selections of standard power products and lead in the design of custom, application-specific solutions.

Known for the quality of our technology and the strength of our team, Murata Power Solutions offers the opportunity to work with talented engineers and a leadership group committed to growth, innovation, and partnership with many of the world’s leading OEMs.

Please note:
At this time, we are only considering local candidates who can reliably commute to the office. This position requires four days per week in the office, with one remote workday.

The Senior Accountant is a key member of the Finance team responsible for supporting the accuracy, integrity, and timely reporting of the Company’s financial information. This position requires a highly analytical individual who can evaluate financial data, identify trends and discrepancies, investigate underlying causes, and communicate meaningful conclusions.

The ideal candidate is naturally curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with large amounts of financial data. In addition to performing routine accounting activities, the Senior Accountant is expected to understand the reasoning behind financial results, identify unusual activity, investigate discrepancies, and proactively recommend solutions or process improvements.

This role will be responsible for general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, month-end and year-end close, fixed assets, cash forecasting, and support for internal and external audits, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Prepare and post accurate journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation in compliance with company policy and accounting standards.
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual balance sheet reconciliations to identify root causes, trends, errors, or unusual activity.
• Investigate discrepancies, unusual transactions, and account variances, clearly document conclusions and proposed corrective actions.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
• Analyze financial results and explain significant fluctuations and trends.
• Assist with budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Prepare and maintain cash forecasts and analyze actual results against projections.
• Monitor cash balances, bank activity, and funding requirements.
• Partner with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and other departments to resolve accounting issues.
• Support cash management activities, including monitoring cash balances, bank activity, funding requirements, and preparation of cash-related reports and analyses.
• Develop Excel-based financial analyses, schedules, and management reports.
• Support fixed asset accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, and reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules and documentation.
• Review transactions for accuracy, completeness, and proper classification.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, controls, and data quality.
• Maintain accounting procedures and internal control documentation.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and Finance projects.

Analytical Expectations

A critical component of this position is the ability to go beyond completing accounting tasks and analyze what the financial information is communicating. The Senior Accountant is expected to:

• Question results that appear inconsistent, unusual, or unsupported rather than simply processing them.
• Identify trends, outliers, errors, and unusual activity.
• Investigate discrepancies and determine root causes.
• Compare results against prior periods, budgets, and forecasts.
• Understand relationships between financial statements, general ledger accounts, and operational…