Job Title: Accounting Clerk

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Salary: $70-90K

Job Summary of the Accounting Clerk:

The Accounting Clerk will provide assistance with corporate accounting operations, execute standard cost and inventory control processes, perform month-end close duties, support the financial reporting process, implement essential business controls, and assist with ad hoc queries.

Qualifications of Accounting Clerk:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience (GL, reporting, costing, public accounting)
• Flexibility to work extended hours during month-end close and year-end close
• Public accounting experience
• Manufacturing/assembly/distribution background
• Infor XA system experience is a plus
• CPA is a plus, but not required
• Month-end close experience
• Balance sheet reconciliation preparation
• Experience creating and posting journal entries
• Working knowledge of accounts receivable and accounts payable

Responsibilities of the Accounting Clerk:

• Review purchase price variances and collaborate with other departments to resolve inventory valuation and purchase price issues
• Perform assigned month-end close duties, including calculating accruals, entering journal entries, and reconciling general ledger accounts
• Maintain XA general ledger and chart of accounts
• Monitor system assignment of revenue and cost of goods sold accuracy
• Take ownership of customer rebate accrual and related credit request process
• Oversee intercompany inventory transfers and collaborate with plants for timely and accurate goods receipt
• Perform daily and weekly processes to report sales, inventory consumption, vendor rebates, and other key metrics as determined by management
• Execute monthly and weekly reporting tasks over work orders of company assets for cost accumulation reporting
• Assist with the administration of the company’s indirect expense process
• Support the capital expenditure process from approval through asset setup in the system and monthly reporting
• Assist with the administration of the purchasing card program and record expenses through journal entries
• Perform monthly analytical reviews of balance sheet and income statement
• Coordinate with the corporate tax team to provide tax-related financial information on a timely basis
• File monthly GST and sales and use tax reports and serve as administrator over the Avalara tax engine
• Assist with annual financial audit and interim audit procedures
• Assist in the implementation of internal controls, including evaluating, recommending, maintaining, and monitoring appropriate internal controls
• Participate in system enhancements and integration efforts throughout the organization
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders in responding to inquiries or Powerlink financial data reporting and ad hoc reporting requests
• Consistently support compliance by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements (if applicable), and the Company’s policies and procedures
• Identify accounting issues, research possible solutions, and form conclusions to present to the supervisor