Watchfire

Senior Staff Accountant

Watchfire  •  Danville, IL (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

The Senior Staff Accountant plays a vital role in the financial operations of an organization, ensuring accuracy and integrity in all accounting processes. This position is responsible for preparing and analyzing financial statements, managing general ledger activities, and supporting month-end and year-end closing procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare general ledger account reconciliations
  • Review month-end schedules and analysis
  • Prepare and post journal entries and accompanying support
  • Prepare and review month-end financials for accuracy
  • Prepare other month-end reports as necessary
  • Maintain fixed asset schedules and post monthly entries for depreciation
    • Match invoices to the appropriate capital request
    • Work with maintenance and IT to make sure that we capture all disposals
    • Update tax depreciation schedules
  • Prepare and post payroll entries
  • Prepare weekly and monthly bank reconciliations
  • Be involved in the annual audit by responding to audit requests and tax requests as needed
  • Assist with the annual budget process
    • Update and distribute departmental worksheets
    • Adjust departmental worksheets as necessary
    • Assist with the creation of various budget schedules and files
    • Prepare calculation of standard labor and overheard rates

Required Qualifications/Skills:

  • Ability to manage multiple projects/deadlines
  • Ability to be productive without constant supervision
  • Ability to think critically and analyze various processes and financial data
  • Strong knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and regulations
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Desire to advance within the company and to grow professionally

Required Education and Licensing

  • 5+ years of working as a staff accountant in a manufacturing or industrial distribution company or public accounting experience auditing manufacturing or distribution companies.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, or related field
  • CPA is required

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Company Paid Life/ADD
  • Voluntary Life/ADD
  • Dependent Life/ADD
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Vacation
  • Personal Time

*Watchfire is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

*Legal authorization to work in the US required. We will not consider candidates who need sponsorship, now or in the future, to be legally employed in the US. No H1B, OPT, CPT or other “temporary work authorization” candidates will be considered.

Watchfire

About Watchfire

Headquartered in Danville, Ill., Watchfire has manufactured electric signs since 1932 and LED signs, using meticulously sourced components from around the world, since 1998. Our products include indoor and outdoor LED displays, fixed digit and video scoreboards, gas price signs and digital billboards. Every aspect of our products and service is focused on giving our customers the greatest advertising tools available for developing their business and increasing sales. Our partnerships with respected, knowledgeable sign company professionals are the foundation of our collective success.

Watchfire LED signs are known for their legendary quality and reliability. We test our outdoor displays to withstand whatever nature throws at them, all to guarantee our customers years of worry-free performance. The excellence in every Watchfire sign begins with our outstanding engineering team designing a quality product. In production, we choose quality over expedience or expense. We use the best performing components available from a global market and invest the time and expense needed to evaluate and verify every aspect of our products’ design, function and serviceability. Our reputation depends on our displays looking and performing great not just on day one, but for years to come.

We developed our proprietary Ignite software to create and manage messages from design to scheduling. Whether the sign is large or small, color or monochrome, the suite of Ignite software helps create head-turning messages through easy-to-use interfaces.

Watchfire has over 70,000 LED signs in operation at convenience stores, gas stations, retail outlets, banks, schools, places of worship and other locations worldwide. We also have more digital billboard customers in the U.S. than any other brand.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Danville, IL
Year Founded
1932
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