Senior Accountant

SUMMARY:

Westland Technologies Inc (Westland) is seeking a Senior Accountant to support our fast-growing company. Westland is a recognized leader in designing and manufacturing cost-effective composite solutions for military and industrial applications. This position reports to the Controller. The Senior Accountant will have a significant impact on the company's success by maintaining a high level of financial control and analysis to support Westland's business needs. This person must be an analytical thinker and problem solver, have a solid working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), be detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to work in a face-paced environment where priorities often shift.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate accounting functions and programs
• Prepare financial analyses and reports
• Assist with preparing and monitoring budgets
• Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts, including but not limited to: Cash, A/P, Accruals, and Intercompany.
• Assist with annual audit preparations

• Manage cash flow and identify opportunities to improve working capital
• Maintain internal controls and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce risk
• Contribute to the development of accounting systems, programs, and procedures.

• Payroll:


• Oversee the impact of payroll on the general ledger
• Ensuring accurate posting of payroll-related expenses, including WIP labor cost, wage liability, taxes, and benefits
• Reconcile the company's ERP system to the payroll system to ensure that payroll entries are properly recorded and matched


• Fixed Assets:


• Maintain detailed records of asset acquisitions, disposals, and transfers, and ensure timely updates in the ERP system
• Ensure that assets are properly classified, recorded, and depreciated in compliance with company policies and relevant accounting standards


• Maintain detailed Inventory documentation for each cycle count, ensuring all variances are appropriately explained and corrected in the ERP system
• Review and enforce adherence to Inventory control policies and procedures, helping to maintain accurate stock and mitigate inventory obsolescence
• Perform other accounting duties and support staff as required or assigned.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent working knowledge of Excel
  
  • Validate Data, problem solve and/or develop workbooks in excel
  • Pivot Tables, Lookup, Data Validation, etc.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment

• Experience with ERP/MRP systems is preferred
• Strong financial analysis skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel
• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls
• Proactive, self-motivated individual who can handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• MBA is a plus
• CPA license is preferred
• Minimum 5 + years of accounting experience

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Frequently moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Constantly communicating with others to exchange information.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Majority of work is performed in a typical office environment with no major sources of discomfort. Essentially a normal controlled working environment with noise levels within acceptable safety limits and acceptable lighting and temperature conditions.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE:

To conform to U.S. Government export control regulations and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information restrictions, applicant must be a U.S citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorization from the U.S. Department of State or Department of Commerce.

Compensation Range: 90,000 - 105,000

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)