JOB TITLE
Accountant
DIVISION
Corporate
REPORTS TO
Accounting Manager
FLSA STATUS
LAST REVISED

Accountant

JOB PURPOSE:

To provide a key support function in the accounting department of the corporate headquarters.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Responsible to acquire, learn and practice all LBI Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) and comply with these standards as well as safety regulations pertinent to the department and job functions.
  • Full responsibility for Accounts Payable function at the corporate office.
  • Invoice workflow, approval, entry, posting.
  • Payment processing.
  • Related reporting and analysis.
  • Vendor maintenance and analysis.
  • 1099 filing.
  • Full responsibility for Accounts Receivable function at corporate office.
  • Record and deposit checks from clients to associated division.
  • Intercompany billing and client billing as needed.
  • Customer maintenance and record keeping.
  • Prepare and enter general ledger journal entries, recurring and non-recurring.
  • Assist with month-end closing which includes but is not limited to:
  • Account reconciliations.
  • Monthly reporting.
  • Assist with year-end closing.
  • Track daily cash activity for all entities; prepare division treasury reports.
  • Assist in maintaining GAAP compliance in all accounting and financial reporting processes.
  • Assist with annual audit.

 

OTHER DUTIES:

  • Perform or assist with any operations, as required to maintain workflow, and meet schedules and quality requirements.
  • Participate in any variety of meeting and work groups to integrate activities, communicate issues, obtain approvals, resolve problems, and maintain specified level of knowledge pertaining to new developments, requirements, and policies.
  • Ad hoc reporting requests over financial information.
  • Day-to-day tasks that occur without prediction or routine.
  • Commitment to accomplishing organizational goals and objectives.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Certificates, licenses, and registrations:

  • Valid driver’s license with insurability.
  • Continuously update job knowledge through education and training opportunities.

 

Knowledge/Skills: 

  • MS Excel.
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP.
  • Verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaborate as part of a team.

Education/Experience:  Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a minimum of three years of experience in accounting field.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:   Regularly required to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time. The individual must be able to effectively communicate and hear. Will be occasionally required to reach above shoulder level, step up on a small ladder or stool, walk on uneven surfaces, stoop, and kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and peripheral vision. Will occasionally require lifting up to 20 pounds.

Other: Experience with Solver or similar reporting tool.

Email Your Application along with your Cover Letter and/or Resume to kim.rankin@lykes.com.

The characteristics described above 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. Management has the right to assign or reassign the description to this job at any time.