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Job Description
General Job Description: This position is responsible for assisting in the preparation of the monthly financial statements, year-end audit, and department operations. This position will be preparing and inputting journal entries, analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts, and other projects directed by the team. Communicate and interact with Department Heads, Purchasing, and other department personnel regarding the accounting and financial matters relevant to their projects and departments.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Position Requirements (Skills, Work Experience, Education, Certifications, Licenses, etc.):
- Assist with preparing monthly financial statements, management reporting and analysis.
- Analyze and reconcile general ledger accounts.
- Book monthly journal entries.
- Assist with fixed asset and inventory modules.
- Assist management in banking functions and operations
- Perform daily cash deposit and batch posting
- Assist with Business License filing and other tax support
- Assist in the preparation of monthly sales incentive statement by region and department
- Assist in the management and maintenance of salesperson bonus accounts
- Assist management in analyzing actual results, variance analysis of budget vs. actuals, forecasting the future, and monitoring large projects actual to estimated results.
- Contribute with continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, and streamline work processes and financial close.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by manager (i.e. special projects).
Additional Skills/Abilities Preferred, but Not Required:
- Minimum 2-5 years accounting experience in accounting with a private/accounting department. Public (Big 4)/audit experience a plus
- Four-year business/accounting degree or equivalent experience required
- Strong understanding and ability to apply GAAP.
- Experience in preparing monthly financial statements and account reconciliations.
- Budgeting, forecasting and analytical experience a plus.
- Strong follow-through on all projects; ability to multi-task and bring projects to timely completion.
- Detail oriented with strong organizational skills and commitment to accuracy and quality, while meeting goals and deadlines.
- Proficiency and experience with Microsoft Excel & comfortable using formulas (Pivot tables, macros, vlookups, etc.)
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning Software (ERP) – Oracle, JDE, Great Plains, Cognos Business Intelligence
- Ability to collaborate with both the project managers and other department personnel in improving business processes and financial controls.
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to handle various projects in a fast paced environment.
- Ability to interact positively and effectively in a team setting
- Construction accounting experience preferred but not required.
ACCO Competencies:
- Proactivity / Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision.
- Perseverance: Shows the wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
- Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
- Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
- Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
- Big Picture: Understands and contributes to organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
- Motivation / Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.
- Technical Curiosity / Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feed, back; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
- Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives.
Physical Requirements:
(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- The employee may regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision.
- The auditory/hearing abilities required by the job include ability to hear customers calling by telephone.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit for prolonged periods, stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
- The employee is regularly required to walk and sit.
- This individual must be a responsible person and regular attendance is required.
Competitive Wages: $22.60-$29.81 per hour. Applicants, please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation.
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About Us
Why join ACCO? ACCO Engineered Systems is one of the largest mechanical contractors in the country. Since 1934, owners and builders have selected ACCO to design, install, and maintain more than 250,000 mechanical projects. ACCO is dedicated to the design, fabrication, installation, maintenance and service of commercial and industrial HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, process piping, and building automation systems. Whether your project is a low or high-rise office building, a shopping mall, hospital, semi-conductor fabrication facility or pharmaceutical manufacturing plant…ACCO can design, build, install, and maintain a mechanical system to meet your needs.
Here at ACCO, we are a part of something bigger. Just ask our customers: California Academy of Sciences, L.A. Live, and San Francisco 49ers Stadium. While we have been around for 80+ years, we continue to grow at a dynamic pace. And we are looking for talented individuals to join our team.
What's great about working at ACCO is that we’re a big enough company to be the leader in HVAC mechanical contracting in California and the Southwest U.S., but as a 100% employee-owned ESOP, we’re a private company with a family-oriented feel. Several of our employees have worked at ACCO for twenty-five, thirty, and even over forty years! Together, the employees of ACCO are comprised of intelligent, dedicated, and entrepreneurial team members who put customers first and enjoy what they do.
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We proudly hire U.S. Military Veterans, and those qualified are encouraged to apply.
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