Carlisle Brake & Friction
Senior Accountant
Carlisle Brake & Friction, Medina, Ohio, United States, 44256
The primary focus of this position is general ledger accounting including the month end closing of general ledgers, various accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, other miscellaneous reporting, and assisting various team members as needed.
The Senior Accountant will interact closely with the other CBF U.S. accounting and finance team members, as well as various other CBF U.S. departments. This person will also interact often with various team members from the parent company's (CentroMotion) corporate offices. This individual must have excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written), be a team player, be exceptionally organized, and be able to work across organizational lines to achieve desired results. This person should have a high level of integrity, be highly analytical, and be able to solve complex technical accounting problems. This person will need to be committed to continuous improvement, and always be looking for opportunities to improve processes, and to improve internal controls. Assisting the Accounting Manager and U.S. Controller in driving efficiency, reducing redundancy, and improving cross functional communication and collaboration will be key to this person's success. This person will need to help drive the vision of the Accounting Manager, US Controller and the organization as a whole.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
• Responsible for the accuracy of 3 ledgers (currently Division, HQ, Mauritius).
• Prepare & enter journal entries [into QAD] during the month & month end closing.
• Issuance and maintenance of all project code listings.
• Communicate with corporate to supply information, analysis and reporting.
• Closing of General Ledgers at month end.
• Completion of balance sheet reconciliations into Blackline.
• Maintain & update Blackline (as preparer and system administrator).
• Prepare & analyze accruals (i.e salary, bonus, legal, co-op, rebates, CAM, expat).
• Modify data from corp. to allow uploading into QAD (i.e. payroll uploads).
• Participate in implementation & testing of new systems as needed.
• Maintain prepaid expenses for all entities.
• Allocate all corporate charges to entities.
• Enter wire payments to suppliers & transfer funds for disbursements.
• Manage & allocate utility charges from 3rd party CASS.
• Manage record retention with Access.
• Correspond with international suppliers.
• Maintain cost center reports & voucher allocations in QAD.
• Assist various controllers as needed.
• Provide account codes for various documents.
• Review & explain variances on month end reports.
• Support Annual Physical inventory.
• Miscellaneous AOP requirements.
• Misc. Ad-Hoc reporting.
• Participate in Financial and Other Audits.
• Back-up other finance areas as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.
An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shal
The Senior Accountant will interact closely with the other CBF U.S. accounting and finance team members, as well as various other CBF U.S. departments. This person will also interact often with various team members from the parent company's (CentroMotion) corporate offices. This individual must have excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written), be a team player, be exceptionally organized, and be able to work across organizational lines to achieve desired results. This person should have a high level of integrity, be highly analytical, and be able to solve complex technical accounting problems. This person will need to be committed to continuous improvement, and always be looking for opportunities to improve processes, and to improve internal controls. Assisting the Accounting Manager and U.S. Controller in driving efficiency, reducing redundancy, and improving cross functional communication and collaboration will be key to this person's success. This person will need to help drive the vision of the Accounting Manager, US Controller and the organization as a whole.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
• Responsible for the accuracy of 3 ledgers (currently Division, HQ, Mauritius).
• Prepare & enter journal entries [into QAD] during the month & month end closing.
• Issuance and maintenance of all project code listings.
• Communicate with corporate to supply information, analysis and reporting.
• Closing of General Ledgers at month end.
• Completion of balance sheet reconciliations into Blackline.
• Maintain & update Blackline (as preparer and system administrator).
• Prepare & analyze accruals (i.e salary, bonus, legal, co-op, rebates, CAM, expat).
• Modify data from corp. to allow uploading into QAD (i.e. payroll uploads).
• Participate in implementation & testing of new systems as needed.
• Maintain prepaid expenses for all entities.
• Allocate all corporate charges to entities.
• Enter wire payments to suppliers & transfer funds for disbursements.
• Manage & allocate utility charges from 3rd party CASS.
• Manage record retention with Access.
• Correspond with international suppliers.
• Maintain cost center reports & voucher allocations in QAD.
• Assist various controllers as needed.
• Provide account codes for various documents.
• Review & explain variances on month end reports.
• Support Annual Physical inventory.
• Miscellaneous AOP requirements.
• Misc. Ad-Hoc reporting.
• Participate in Financial and Other Audits.
• Back-up other finance areas as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.
An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shal