Accountant – Manufacturing Cost Accounting

Job Description

Senior Accountant — Manufacturing & Multi-Entity Accounting | Western Trailers

The Tone:
This is a Senior Accountant role at Western Trailers. The company operates a manufacturing business with multiple entities and diverse ownership structures. This position is central to maintaining robust financial health, requiring strong technical accounting skills and hands-on experience to support operations and provide leadership with critical, actionable insights from financial data.

The TL;DR
• Mission: To ensure accurate financial results, understand the costs driving manufacturing performance, maintain clear accounting across complex ownership structures, and provide leadership with reliable information to guide critical decisions.
• Tech Stack: Advanced Excel, ERP systems, accounting systems, Microsoft Business Central, CDK Global, JobBoss, QuickBooks.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Record Management: Maintain accurate accounting records across multiple entities and diverse ownership structures, including detailed management of intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and allocations.
• Financial Close & Reporting: Perform comprehensive month-end and year-end close activities, encompassing journal entries, account reconciliations, and the preparation of financial statements.
• Cost Accounting & Analysis: Support all aspects of manufacturing cost accounting, covering precise inventory valuation, tracking work in process, allocating overhead, and conducting thorough analysis of material, labor, and production variances.
• GAAP Compliance & Research: Apply U.S. GAAP rigorously to all accounting transactions, research complex technical issues independently, and formally document accounting conclusions to ensure compliance.
• Executive Reporting & Insights: Create detailed financial reports and management reporting packages that clearly explain operating results, profitability, emerging trends, and performance against established budgets for executive leadership.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field. The role requires a candidate with strong technical accounting skills suited for a senior position.
• Experience: Possess hands-on experience accounting for multiple entities with different ownership interests, including managing intercompany activity, and familiarity with consolidations and eliminations. Demonstrate manufacturing accounting experience with a strong understanding of product costing, inventory, and cost of goods sold. Exhibit strong technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the proven ability to resolve accounting issues independently.
• Skills: Utilize advanced Excel skills and possess experience with various ERP and accounting systems. Demonstrate strong analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to effectively manage competing deadlines. Exhibit clear communication skills, specifically the ability to explain complex financial information to colleagues outside the accounting department.
• Bonus: A CPA or CMA designation is highly preferred. Experience with Microsoft Business Central, CDK Global, JobBoss, and QuickBooks is a significant plus.