Job Description

Albany International Corp. is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company. The products and technologies help make paper smoother, tissue softer, and aircraft engines and structures lighter. The company has 2 core businesses, The Machine Clothing (MC) segment -is the world’s leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries and Engineered Composites (EC) is a rapidly growing supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry.

The Senior Staff Accountant position supports procedures and objectives in international financial accounting where goals are to provide timely and accurate financial information to internal and external users, while maintaining internal controls over financial processes. Works with other departments, including FP&A, Treasury, Legal, and HR to gather information necessary for accurate accounting. The Senior Staff Accountant reports to the US Accounting Manager.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of specific areas within the balance sheet, such as accrued liabilities
• Perform balance sheet account reconciliations
• Prepare are record journal entries including allocations calculation and some cross company entries
• Participate heavily in the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing processes according to GAAP
• Manage the accounting around payroll, royalties, professional fees, and workers compensation
• Deliver and meet deadlines according to internal, external, and government reporting requests
• Support the Accounting manager in internal and external audit review
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with documented accounting policies and Sarbanes-Oxley controls
• Participate in special projects as requested

Qualifications

Staff Accountant Experience Requirements

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to work with cross functional departments
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to manage multi project deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High proficiency with Microsoft applications is required
• Experience using an ERP system, SAP experience is a plus
• Ability to prioritize daily activities
• Ability to meet firm deadlines

Education

• Bachelor's preferred in accounting combined with 3-5 years of general accounting or corporate accounting experience within a public company or a large multi-national company.
• SAP experience a plus
• MS Office suite: Outlook, Excel, Word

Remuneration & Benefits/ Other

• Location: Portsmouth, NH. Full-time office
• Compensation: Will be structured to attract and retain the best possible candidate.
• US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply, we are unable to sponsor at this time.