Senior Accountant
Hybrid role
Company Overview:
Ajax/CECO/Erie Press is a subsidiary of Park-Ohio Holdings Corporation. For more than 145 years, customers all over the world have trusted Ajax/CECO/Erie Press to provide machinery, equipment, and engineering solutions to help them make the things that make the world work. From forging machinery and presses to engineering support, parts and service, Ajax/CECO/Erie Press keeps you forging ahead.
Position Summary:
Ajax/CECO/Erie Press is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our team. The Senior Accountant plays a key role in ensuring financial accuracy, compliance with accounting standards, and effective financial controls under the direction of the Group Controller. This role is responsible for a range of financial functions, including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial reporting and analysis, cycle counting activities, process improvement initiatives, and performing a variety of other accounting duties to support day-to-day operations. This role is hybrid with travel to the Erie, Pennsylvania facility one or two times per week.
Job Duties:
- Prepare, review, and post routine and non-routine journal entries. Maintain accurate records and documentation for all entries. Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities under established timelines.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Partner with the Group Controller to prepare monthly financial packages, including income statement, balance sheet, and KPI inputs for senior leadership.
- Manage the cycle counting program to maintain inventory accuracy, partnering with Operations to complete counts and record results in the ERP.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy of accounting procedures, and leverage system capabilities.
- Support internal and external audits by serving as the onsite liaison for engagements, ensuring timely responsiveness and appropriate supporting documentation on audit requests.
- Adhere to established accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls. Ensure compliance with GAAP and organizational accounting standards.
- Complete ad hoc requests to support daily operations.
What you need to be successful:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance.
- 5+ years of experience in accounting.
Preferences:
- Epicor ERP knowledge.
- 1-2 years of experience in accounting in a manufacturing environment.
- Percentage of Completion Accounting experience
*Other duties as assigned. *
Ajax/CECO/Erie Press is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
About the company
Company website•Machinery Manufacturing
Ajax/CECO/Erie Press is a division of Park-Ohio Holdings (a public company based in Mayfield Heights, OH, USA) and its Forged & Machine Products group. We've built world-class forging machinery for well over a century. Much of our equipment has been in use for decades! Our customers say these machines are "built like tanks!"
As the OEM of Ajax, Chambersburg and Erie machines installed all over the globe, our mission is to serve the forging industry as the single source provider of automated forging lines. Whether you're looking for a turnkey solution to a current forging dilemma, just starting out in the forging industry, or ready to increase production and quality to stay ahead of your competitors, we look forward to speaking with you.
Our knowledgeable, friendly sales and engineering teams are here to listen and assist. At Ajax/CECO/Erie Press, we take forging - and forging machinery - seriously. Talk with us about your wish list for your forging facilities. You might be surprised to learn that your dreams are within reach!