Senior Accountant – Shared Services (Hybrid)
SkyWater is thrilled to be partnering with an industry leading manufacturing company that is looking to add a Senior Accountant to their team. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and compliance of the company’s financial operations related to revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS), commissions, invoicing, sales tax, and audits. This role serves as a cross-functional liaison, supporting Sales, Client Services, Finance, and external partners to ensure smooth and accurate financial reporting within the Shared Services model.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze revenue to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies.
- Prepare and review revenue recognition worksheets.
- Investigate discrepancies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition aligned with company policies.
- Track and analyze COGS to ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
- Collaborate with Sales and Client Services to evaluate and improve COGS.
- Calculate freight and third-party costs to identify margin gaps and billing opportunities.
- Review and validate commission calculations, addressing exceptions and disputes.
- Ensure alignment with established commission structures and agreements.
- Submit finalized commission amounts to Payroll on a monthly basis.
- Enter contractor commission amounts into AP software.
- Monitor storage costs and inventory levels.
- Partner with FP&A and Service Center teams to validate and report storage revenue accurately.
- Address invoice-related tax inquiries and discrepancies.
- Maintain and administer the company’s sales tax system.
- Handle escalated issues related to customer invoicing and discrepancies.
- Collaborate with the billing team to resolve disputes and ensure customer satisfaction.
- Identify and implement process improvements to reduce invoicing errors.
- Provide revenue and COGS selections for external audit testing.
- Serve as the primary contact for auditors during revenue-related audit activities.
- Serve as Accounting liaison to former dealer offices during acquisition transitions.
- Resolve intercompany balances and customer payment issues during handovers.
- Provide ongoing support to current dealer offices on accounting-related issues.
- Act as a point of escalation for dealer-related invoicing discrepancies.
- Assist Sales and Client Services with client inquiries and financial issue resolution.
- Perform additional tasks including cash application and customer balance reconciliation as needed.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience, with a focus on revenue recognition and COGS.
- Strong understanding of GAAP and other relevant accounting principles.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting systems.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reconciliation skills.
- Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
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