Kurz USA
Accounting Manager Job at Kurz USA in Huntersville
Kurz USA - Huntersville, NC, United States, 28078
Work at Kurz USA
Overview
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Overview
- Manage a team of accounting professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management across all accounting functions (A/P, A/R, Credit and Collections, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Consignments).
- Oversee the month-end closing process, including analysis and data uploads. Manage balance sheets and profit & loss statements. Analyze actual expenses against budgeted amounts and produce detailed reports for management.
- Manage the year-end audit, working closely with external auditors to ensure a timely and successful audit, preparing necessary schedules, and facilitating the groundwork.
- Collaborate with the Cost Management Accountant to manage the year-end planning/budget process in SAP (FI, Controlling, and Profitability Analysis modules). Participate in the annual budgeting process, including purchasing and asset management.
- Oversee the fixed asset lifecycle, including assigning asset numbers, maintaining comprehensive asset files, reconciling and capitalizing assets upon project completion, planning and following up on investment projects, and managing actual purchases. Set up and maintain ROU leased assets using the SAP Fixed Asset system.
- Oversee the preparation and filing of quarterly tax returns (OH CAT tax, CA sales tax, etc.), handle annual property tax filings, and complete government surveys. Coordinate with external auditors for additional tax compliance needs.
- Manage banking activities, including initiating weekly wire transfers.
- Collaborate with Purchasing, Manufacturing, Sales, and IT departments, as well as German colleagues, to ensure accurate reporting and efficient operations.
- Oversee the preparation and posting of journal entries.
- Manage document filing in OTRIS.
- Provide oversight and support for AR cash posting.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and implement solutions to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Perform other duties as required.
Skills and Abilities
- Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze expenses against budgets. Strong problem-solving skills. Capability to produce detailed financial reports.
- Communication Skills: Effective written and verbal communication. Ability to provide training and support. Strong interpersonal skills.
- Organizational Skills: Excellent attention to detail. Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects. Strong organizational abilities. Prioritizes work to get the right things done on time.
- Independent work attitude: combines intelligence, experience and self-confidence to work on his or her own, with minimal direction from supervisor.
- Contextual Understanding: Understanding of how tasks interrelated in a bigger context. Ability to identify and implement improvement's.
- Result-oriented: prioritizes work to get the right things done on time.
- Continuous Improvement: Ability to develop new methods of process improvement across department.
Experience and Education
- Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in the Accounting Dept. of a Manufacturing company
- 3+ years of Supervising/Managing in a Manufacturing company
- Knowledge of GAAP accounting standards, knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
- Familiarity with Standard costing is a plus
- SAP Experience (FI, CO, and COPA modules) as well as MS Excel and BW Reporting
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)