Accounting Manager

• Accounting Manager
• Company: Norris Cylinder Company
• Primary Location: 521 Green Cove Road SE, Huntsville, AL 35803 USA
• Function: Finance
• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

• Directs financial activities of an organization by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.
• Assists the company in achieving budget objectives (EBITDA, NWC, Sales, etc.) by establishing, monitoring, analyzing critical business and manufacturing KPIs.
• Provides ad hoc analytics to summarize and illustrate business risks or opportunities in achieving budget objectives.
• Responsible for the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate completion of the close, including preparation of assigned journal entries.
• Maintain and prepare monthly financial reports. Willing to be hands‑on in the documentation and recording of complex transactions.
• Assist Controller in forecasting company business activity and financial position in income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations.
• Key contributor to all aspects of inventory costing and supports manufacturing performance improvement efforts as needed.
• Review the labor and OH rate periodically with controller. Maintain those rates within ERP system for annual cost roll.
• Work with engineering and operation team to understand the manufacturing variance. Be able to suggest improvement in operation or router update.
• Works with the Controller to identify Continuous Improvement projects in the accounting and cross‑functional department and set appropriate milestones to achieve.

Fosters a culture that seeks to challenge the status quo and drive improvement.

• Identify & support cross‑functional continuous improvement projects as needed. Develops analyses as required to support critical business decisions.
• Drive cross‑functional process efficiency through the adoption of technology or ERP functionalities. Works with IT to drive necessary ERP modifications.
• Assists preparation capital request process (RFA). Provide support for analytics that communicates project ROI.
• Assists the Controller in the preparation of the annual budget and recurring forecasts.

Identify Risk and opportunities with cross‑functional teams, develops mitigation plan for risks.

Drives forecast accuracy.

• Assists in the preparation and execution of various audits of the company’s accounts.
• Prepares SOX Testing Compliance documents as scheduled.
• Helps to ensure internal controls are in place and operating effectively by monitoring, transactions and identifying deficiencies.

Ensures company procedures are in line with corporate policies.

• Use relationship database tools and be able to perform data mining. Be able to translate the data into an executable action plan.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Accounting
• At least five years of management/supervisory experience.
• 5+ years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment and Cost Accounting experience.
• Experience with SOX compliance.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and multi‑task.
• Attention to detail, timeless, and accuracy.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Must have strong Excel and Power Point skills. Minimum of pivot tables, v/h lookup, macros, graphs.
• Other Competencies
• Language Skills
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Mathematical Skills
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Reasoning Abilities
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Other Qualifications

An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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