Accountant

Job Description

ACCOUNTANT | Mersen Do Brasil

The Tone:
This is a permanent full-time Accountant role at Mersen Do Brasil, with a hybrid desk designation, located in Boonton, NJ. Mersen is a global expert that provides electrical specialties and advanced materials to high-tech industries, operating with 50 industrial sites and 24 R&D centers across 32 countries. The company consistently innovates to support crucial sectors like wind power, solar power, electronics, electric vehicles, and aeronautics. This role is fundamental to ensuring the precision and integrity of the company’s financial records, directly supporting Mersen’s operational efficiency and compliance in its dynamic technological environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Permanent Full-Time
• Location: Hybrid, Boonton, NJ

• Mission: This person will own the accuracy and integrity of financial records and ensure timely compliance with accounting procedures.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounting Operations: Accurately manage the entry, diligent checking, and thorough reconciliation of various accounting entries, encompassing transactions related to clients, suppliers, sales tax, and fixed assets, ensuring data reliability as reflected in auditor reports.
• Financial Reporting: Take responsibility for the preparation and ensure the reliable and timely submission of monthly, quarterly, and annual account statements, adhering strictly to established deadlines.
• Data Integrity & Controls: Systematically verify the overall reliability and exhaustiveness of accounting data, diligently balance accounts, substantiate records, and perform detailed reconciliations with ledger postings and bank statements, contributing to robust internal audit reports.
• Cash & Account Management: Efficiently manage client and supplier accounts, meticulously process payments, and proactively engage in chasing client payments when necessary, with an aim to minimize late payments.
• Audit & Risk Participation: Actively participate in internal audits and risk management activities, including the calculation and preparation of tax filings as required, and promptly inform management of any significant or suspicious accounting impacts to maintain financial health and compliance.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Early Career. Possess foundational knowledge and understanding of core accounting principles, practices, and financial record-keeping.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience in accurate data entry, comprehensive account reconciliation, and the preparation of financial statements and reports.
• Skills: Proficiency in managing general ledger accounts, handling accounts payable and receivable processes, performing detailed financial data reconciliation, and implementing internal accounting controls.