The posting
Digital Control Incorporated (DCI) is the world’s leading supplier of underground locating and steering products for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry. Since the introduction of this revolutionary technology 30 years ago, Digital Control has been at the forefront of trenchless technologies that enable the efficient installation of underground utilities such as fiber optic, telecom, gas, and water lines world-wide. DCI’s products are valued for their durable design, ease of use and uncompromising commitment to customer service.
DCI is seeking an Accounting Supervisor in Kent, WA to oversee payroll, accounts payable, and core accounting operations. If you have experience supervising an accounting team and enjoy being hands-on, then DCI could be a perfect fit for you!
Key Responsibilities:
The Accounting Supervisor oversees payroll, accounts payable, and core accounting operations for a multi-entity, multistate, and international organization. This hands-on leader ensures accurate, compliant processing; understands the business behind the numbers; identifies anomalies; and strengthens systems and controls.
Payroll Oversight
- Supervise and support end-to-end payroll for all US entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance in every state where employees work.
- Monitor remote and hybrid work locations, manage state registrations, and oversee state-specific leave, withholding, unemployment, and workers’ compensation requirements.
- Reconcile payroll to the general ledger, tax filings, and benefit invoices; resolve variances and agency notices.
- Review quarterly and annual filings, year-end W-2 processing, payroll accruals, and allocations across entities and departments.
Accounts Payable Supervision
- Supervise AP staff and review invoice matching, approvals, coding, and entity and department allocations.
- Approve payment runs and enforce segregation of duties, vendor bank-change verification, and other fraud-prevention controls.
- Oversee vendor records, W-9s, 1099 reporting, AP aging, cash requirements, intercompany payables, and foreign-currency payments.
General Ledger, Close, and International Accounting
- Prepare and review journal entries, close-calendar tasks, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting documentation for multiple entities.
- Coordinate monthly reporting with international offices and local accountants, ensuring consistency with company policies and US GAAP.
- Record and reconcile intercompany activity
Revenue and Tax
- Support accounting for subscription, wholesale, and international product revenue,
- Prepare Washington combined excise tax returns and manage multistate sales and use tax compliance, nexus monitoring, registrations, digital-product taxability, and exemption certificates.
- Provide schedules and data for income tax provisions, returns, census, and audits.
Controls, Leadership, and Improvement
- Maintain controls and documented procedures over payroll, AP, cash, and the general ledger; serve as a key contact for financial, payroll, sales tax, and regulatory audits.
- Supervise, train, and develop payroll and AP staff; cross-train team members and maintain coverage procedures.
- Prepare management analysis, investigate root causes, and implement process, automation, ERP, and payroll-system improvements.
- Stay current on relevant payroll, tax, and accounting requirements and communicate impacts to the Controller.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years of hands-on multistate payroll and 2+ years in a supervisory or lead role.
- Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany reconciliations, and foreign currency transactions; international subsidiary exposure preferred.
- Working knowledge of Washington B&O tax and multistate sales and use tax, including economic nexus.
- Strong critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work across functions, time zones, and external advisors.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP and payroll systems.
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to still apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or another role at DCI.
Benefits
- Unparalleled health benefits (PPO plan with no deductibles, no co-pays, DCI covers 99% of costs)
- Quarterly bonuses: we all share in the success of the company
- Professional development
- 401k match (3% match from DCI regardless of participation, 5% maximum match, 100% vested immediately)
- 22 days PTO
- Dog-friendly work environment
- Parental leave
- Company covers 100% of payroll taxes for state family medical leave
- 11 annual paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday
- Winter break (we are closed the last week of each year)
- Free convenient parking and commuter benefits
- Located in a quiet business park near walking trail
- See more benefits information here.
Compensation:
DCI is proud to offer comprehensive compensation packages including competitive base pay and discretionary quarterly profit sharing bonuses to all part-time and full-time team members. Base pay is reviewed at a minimum on an annual basis.
Pay range: $104,800.00 - $133,800.00 per year. To ensure equity, our compensation philosophy is to bring people into new roles in the range of the mid-point of that role. Factors considered for pay include the level of skill, experience, training, external market factors, and internal value.
Profit sharing bonus: Over the last 3 years, quarterly bonuses ranged between 10% and 18%. Future bonuses could be higher or lower depending on company profits.
Why DCI?
Work hard, play often... DCI employees are innovative and creative. Our open (forest-like) work environment creates free flowing conversations across all functions. We have gaming days; Lego challenges and ping pong matches to build on our creativity when one hits a roadblock. If that is not enough, our employees bring their four-legged companions (dogs) to work and can take them for a walk around the Green River trail.
DCI takes pride in caring a lot about our employees. We believe that employees should not be burdened with benefits expenses, so we provide lucrative health care plans unmatched in most other companies. We also like to eat at DCI and find any excuse to celebrate the most random holidays (Pi Day, Chocolate Ice Cream Day, etc.) We have monthly catered lunches, a fully stocked snack area, sporting tickets, wellness competitions, and most importantly a team of people who will tell you that DCI is the best place they've ever worked. This is evident by our long service team and low turnover.
Hybrid Work Schedule:
This is a hybrid position. After the training period, employees will be required to work onsite 4 days per week at the Kent, WA location, with 1 remote workday.
We Celebrate Inclusion:
DCI is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at DCI is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. DCI does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
It is DCI’s policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. The Company's EEO policy includes the full & complete support of the Company and all levels of leadership. Because it's just the right thing to do. We hope you think so, too.
