Direct Hire

Our client, a food manufacturer located in Fair Lawn, is looking to add a staff accountant to their team. This is a full time, direct hire position. 

Responsibilities:

• Post Journal entries and accounting transactions in SAP-S/4Hana
• Perform daily bank reconciliation for all AR Cash receipt postings in SAP
• Generate and analyze AR Aging report on a weekly and monthly basis
• Process and follow up with Customer Service and Logistics Management regarding approval of AR Customer Deductions
• Perform GL Account reconciliations for Prepaid Accounts, Customer Promotions, Sales accruals and Commission Payouts
• Calculate and support cost and expense allocations to several plants and legal entities
• Calculate accruals, prepayments, recurring expenses
• Reconcile expense charges to contracts & agreements for Marketing expenses
• Maintain and reconcile asset accounts such as computers, printers, furniture and similar and compare physical existence to books
• Review, map and upload credit card charges into SAP using Excel flat files
• Review, map and upload Concur invoice charges into SAP using Excel flat files
• Maintain pivot tables for all monthly charges by GL account, department, vendor, location, user, etc.
• Support external audits for transactions and accounts within area of responsibility
• Support other team members and back up critical functions
• Ad-hoc projects

Requirements and skills

• 2-4 yrs. Work experience as an Accountant
• Knowledge of accounting rules and procedures, including GAAP
• Hands-on experience with ERPs  - SAP-S/4Hana strongly preferred
• Advanced MS Excel skills including pivot tables and most common  formulas; Vlookups, Sumifs, filters, subtotals, search, etc.
• Experience with general ledger functions, understanding of cost centers, department allocations, Accounts Receivables
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
• BS in Accounting, Finance or relevant degree
• Additional certification (CPA or CMA) is a plus