Safariland · 1 week ago
Staff Accountant
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
4+ years expSafariland is committed to saving lives and is seeking a Staff Accountant to support the broad accounting function. The role includes maintaining general ledger processes, supporting month-end closing, and assisting with accounts payable and receivable tasks.
Retail
Responsibilities
Support of the accounting function including maintenance of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and project accounting; ensures accuracy and timeliness
Support of the monthly close of financial records and posting of month end information; prepares and ensures accuracy of financial statements and analysis, including bank reconciliation, journal entries, and reports
Support of the accounts receivable and accounts payable processes. This includes processing, reviewing, and entering incoming sales orders in the ERP; generating and submitting invoices to customers for payment; preparing deposits and posting cash receipts; processing and entering vendor invoices in support of the three-way match system; processing timely and accurate vendor payments; maintaining daily cash registers and updating and submitting monthly reports on various ongoing projects for all divisions
Maintains ERP project data. This includes project entry and maintenance of supporting data, customer contracts, project purchase orders to vendors, project cost documents and transfer pricing agreement and calculation documents. This also includes tracking progress of projects to budgeted costs and margins and performing revenue recognition and reconciliation to system for point in time and overtime contracts
Support of the purchasing database. This includes database infrastructure; purchase order creation and approvals; purchase order ERP entry; purchase order life maintenance within the database and the ERP
Provides accounting assistance to project managers and operations staff; responds to financial questions/concerns to meet business needs
Acts as a liaison between the company, government, and external accountants to meet information needs and to ensure that proper information is maintained for historical purposes
Trains and evaluates associates to enhance their performance, development, and work product
Prepares and recommends operating and personnel budgets for approval. Monitors spending for adherence to budget, recommends variances as necessary
Ensure key metrics are gathered and reported
Support of the monitoring of customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments, and other irregularities, and actively collecting past due accounts as needed
Support of payroll and expense reconciliation between the corporate reports and entry into ERP. Support and oversight of the monthly sales and use tax reporting. Provide management with ad-hoc reports when requested
Qualification
Required
Ability to prioritize and track multiple simultaneous tasks
High attention to detail
Dependable and strong sense of integrity
Must have strong analytical skills
Must have strong Excel skills and comfort with lookups and pivot tables, etc
Must have familiarity with project-based accounting and project based ERPs
Must have familiarity with the accounts receivable lifecycle including sales orders, credit approvals, invoicing, collections, and payment processing
Must have familiarity with IT infrastructures and software maintenance
Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
Minimum of 4 years of accounting or other related field experience with solid understanding of the accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, general ledger accounting experience is a plus
Preferred
Experience working in engineering, manufacturing or related field preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Employer paid life insurance and AD&D
Employer paid disability
Wellness program
Adoption assistance
Tuition assistance
Employee assistance program
Work life balance
Paid time off (PTO), sick leave and paid holidays throughout the calendar year (consistent with relevant state law and company policies)
Company
Safariland
A History of Excellence Legacy. Tradition. Excellence.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2007-07-01Acquired
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