General Accountant - Highland, IL

Basler Electric - Highland, IL

Full-time

Highland, IL

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The General Accountant position at Highland, IL, offers a comprehensive exposure to various accounting functions within the company. The role involves participation in daily, monthly, and annual processes of the finance department, including financial closings, budgeting, and inventory management, with potential involvement in payroll, tax, and cost accounting functions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process certain monthly and annual financial close processes in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Preparation of monthly financial statements for distribution to ownership and senior management.
• Provide detailed account and activity analysis to prepare certain general ledger journal entries.
• Prepare and maintain certain monthly analysis and reconciliations for the year-end financial close process.
• Prepare and maintain audit schedules for the year-end audit process.
• Participate in the budget process, including preparation of the appropriate schedules and analysis.
• Ensure certain general ledger transactions are recorded and classified accurately and timely.
• Responsibility for tracking and maintaining fixed assets.
• Perform certain cost accounting responsibilities, including analysis of cost of sales variances and developing profitability analysis for the sales quoting process.
• Preparations and filings of Corporate sales & use, property, franchise tax returns.
• Support International divisions with monthly close.
• Perform other duties and special projects as requested.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related Business degree.
• Minimum of one year experience preferred.
• Ability to apply a broad knowledge of accounting principles to a variety of corporate accounting activities ranging from routine daily transactions to complex analyses.
• Competent in use of Microsoft office applications and experience in Oracle software is a plus.
• Willingness to travel as needed.