Senior Accountant/Analyst

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our finance team. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for assisting in financial reporting, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, providing financial analysis to support decision-making, and standard cost process. This role will work closely with other departments to ensure the accuracy of financial records and contribute to the overall financial health of the company.

Responsibilities

General Ledger & Accounting:

• Prepare journal entries and ensure proper documentation and approval.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.
• Assist in managing the month-end and year-end closing process.

Financial Reporting and Analysis:

• Assist in the preparation of the monthly financial statements in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Review and analyze financial statements to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Perform detailed financial analysis and provide insights on financial performance and variances.
• Responsible for daily reporting of sales and orders

Cost accounting and Cost Variance Improvement

• Contribute to standard cost development and analysis.
• Review and maintain BOM’s to ensure accurate inventory valuation.
• Monitor inventory variances, identify root causes, and implement corrective measures.

Compliance & Internal Controls:

• Ensure compliance with internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure accurate reporting.
• Assist in the preparation for internal and external audits and follow up on audit requests.
• Assist with inventory cycle counting
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations regarding financial practices.

Process Improvement:

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and work with business partners  to implement any new identified procedures
• Assist in automating repetitive tasks to streamline accounting operations.

Budgeting/Forecasting

• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts.

Qualifications

Education:  Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Experience:

• 5+ years of accounting experience
• Cost accounting experience preferred
• Prior experience with financial software (e.g. QAD, Planful)

Skills:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Preferred experience in an operations manufacturing environment
• Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and other formulas)

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.   

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates.  Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.  With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.