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Superior Essex · 1 day ago

Jr. Accountant

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

2+ years exp

Superior Essex is seeking a Jr. Accountant to manage the preparation of financial schedules and reports. The role involves maintaining general ledger accounts, preparing journal entries, and assisting in budget preparation and inventory tracking.

Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Coordinates and controls month-end input and output entries through EDP, including journal vouchers, schedules, and financial statement preparation

Maintains chart of accounts, oversees filing, and provides control and maintenance of month-end financial reports

Compiles data and information for monthly financial reports by preparing schedules, summaries, analyses, monthly journal vouchers including accruals and reserve calculations, and allocating expenses to various locations

Assists in tracking and recording of monthly and annual physical asset inventory through the EDP system

Assists in the preparation of the annual budget

Prepares analyses, summaries, cost reports, and reconciliation of general ledger accounts as stipulated

Acts as backup for Accounts Payable and Payroll functions, providing training for clerical employees, and assists them to perform more difficult tasks

Qualification

General AccountingCost AccountingFinancial ReportingMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft AccessAnalytical SkillsIngenuityAccuracyJudgmentCommunicationInitiative

Required

B.S. degree in Accounting, Finance, or other business-related field

Two (2) years of experience in general accounting, cost accounting, with some systems and procedures experience

Strong communication and analytical skills

Initiative, ingenuity, accuracy and judgment to recognize discrepancies and/or misstatements within financial data, budgets, statistics, hourly payroll, and other sensitive data

Understands and maintains confidentiality with respect to financial and payroll data

Adheres to precise target dates for schedules, reports, analyses and statistics

Computer literate with the ability to utilize multiple types of software

Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office, Excel and Access