Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

Location: Saukville

Key Responsibilities Accounting & Financial Reporting Lead the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting schedules. Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations. Ensure appropriate revenue recognition, inventory accounting, AP/AR accounting, and expense classification. Maintain effective internal controls and ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies and audit requirements.

Support internal and external audits and other compliance activities. Cost Accounting & Inventory Own the cost accounting process, including inventory valuation, product costing, manufacturing variances, and COGS analysis. Lead the implementation and ongoing maintenance of standard costing. Partner with Operations and Engineering to maintain accurate BOMs and item cost information, including material, labor, variable overhead, and fixed overhead. Establish and maintain appropriate labor and overhead rates.

Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, overhead, and other manufacturing cost variances. Lead inventory analysis, cycle-count controls, physical inventory activities, excess and obsolete inventory reviews, and inventory reduction initiatives. Analyze gross margin by product, product family, customer, and other relevant business dimensions. Identify opportunities to improve product margins and reduce manufacturing costs. Forecasting & Financial Analysis Lead the monthly forecasting process in partnership with the General Manager and functional leaders.

Develop detailed, assumption-based forecasts for revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBIT, working capital, and other key financial metrics. Maintain supporting forecast models with clear calculations and documented business assumptions. Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior year and clearly explain the underlying business drivers. Support General Manager in identifing and quantifing risks and opportunities to the forecast. Prepare financial analysis and recommendations to support management decisions.

Lead the annual budgeting and strategic planning processes. Business Partnership Serve as the primary finance partner to the General Manager. Translate financial results into meaningful business insights. Partner with Sales, Operations, Purchasing, Engineering, and other functions to understand business performance and improve profitability. Support pricing, product profitability, make/buy, inventory, capital investment, and other business decisions. Proactively identify financial and operational issues and recommend corrective actions.

Develop and monitor meaningful KPIs for management. ERP Systems & Process Improvement Develop strong functional knowledge of Sage Intacct and the business processes that feed the financial system. Take ownership of financial master-data integrity, including items, GL groups, product lines, projects, departments, locations, customers, vendors, and other reporting dimensions. Improve the use of Sage Intacct for accounting, inventory, purchasing, order entry, reporting, and financial analysis.

Develop and improve management reports, including sales analysis, backlog/margin reporting, inventory valuation, trial balance/dimensional reporting, and received/shipped-not-invoiced reporting. Improve purchasing and AP controls, including PO approval and non-PO invoice approval processes. Identify manual processes that can be standardized, automated, or eliminated. Partner with IT, Sage support, and external consultants on ERP enhancements while maintaining appropriate business ownership and controls. Support future ERP initiatives and potential system migrations or integrations.