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About the Role
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP) is seeking a Corporate Staff Accountant for its Finance Organization in Latham, NY. This role reports to the Director of Global Accounting and is integral to general accounting, policy implementation, and month-end processes for the Global Shared Service organization. The position involves maintaining and controlling General Ledger accounts and business transactions in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), including daily transaction booking, analytical work, and thorough review of financial records. The Corporate Staff Accountant will also support the framework creation of a SOX-controlled environment, strengthening the control environment to support expanded growth from recent acquisitions. Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence, personal and professional growth, outstanding work performance, an aptitude for analysis and problem-solving, uncompromising integrity and confidentiality, and enjoy working in a team environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist with day-to-day, monthly, and year-end operations of the Accounting/Finance Department - Shared Services group
- Perform intercompany A/R and A/P reconciliations
- Perform trial balance mapping and loading, and check procedures to ensure proper posting and consolidation
- Perform month-end uploads of trial balances, reconciliation, and intercompany eliminations for over 140 trial balances into consolidation software
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations across several entities
- Assist with preparation of financial statements, footnote disclosures, and reporting packages by gathering and analyzing general ledger data
- Answer accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data
- Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations
- Complete other duties and ad hoc projects as assigned
Requirements
- Firm knowledge of basic accounting principles
- Experience in a SOX environment
- Public accounting experience
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong initiative to identify opportunities for improvement
- Ability to design and implement improvements
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with diverse people
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders (vendors and customers)
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to apply consistent standards
- Adaptability to changing company requirements
- Flexibility
- Ability to manage frequent interruptions
- Ability to manage changing priorities
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong Microsoft Word skills
- Experience with SAP (plus)
- Experience with Eclipse (plus)
- Experience with similar ERP (plus)
- Dependability
- Organization skills
- Professionalism
- Self-motivation
- Accountability for tasks
- Confidentiality
Location
- Latham, NY
Experience Level
- Minimum of 2-5 years of general accounting experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
About the Company
- Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), a leading global provider of personal protective equipment to industrial and retail customers.