Staff Accountant

POSITION OVERVIEW: Receive and process all incoming payments.
Complete general ledger accounting duties including financial statement analysis, general journal entry preparation, analyzing and maintaining account reconciliations, compliance tax work assistance, and assistance with annual financial audit.
POSITION FUNCTIONS* Percentage Position Functions 40% Accounts Receivable (AR) Perform daily remote check deposit including receiving, scanning, and correctly retaining incoming check payments.
Apply customer account payments and credits including checks, ACH, wire transfers, and credit card payments.
Process customer deductions including discounts, freight, compliance violations, credit/debit memos, zero-dollar payments, and miscellaneous offsets.
Understand and use proper GL account coding when processing transactions.
Ensure AR, cash, and other related registers balance with general ledger daily and at month end.
Collaborate with credit and sales teams to keep customer account balances clean.
50% Accounting Perform month end closing duties including calculating and preparing general journal entries, and financial statement review.
Reconcile general ledger accounts to making sure balance sheet accounts are substantiated and GAAP compliant.
Prepare and respond to requests from external auditors and tax preparers.
Perform various ad hoc requests including analysis of account balances and financial variances.
Assist in ensuring Mueller financial reporting is compliant with GAAP.
Record outgoing Accounts Payable (AP) wire transfers and transfers between bank accounts, and balance to bank daily.
Maintain Daily Bank Dashboard and related reporting.
Cross train in other areas of accounting as needed including covering supervision duties when needed.
10% Administrative Evaluate existing processes and procedures and provide suggested improvements while ensuring GAAP compliance.
Work with Controller on compliance issues as needed.
NA Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.
*Position Functions for this position consist of all items listed under any category that make up 5% or more of the position duties.
This position description is subject to change without notice.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Associate’s degree in accounting.
One to three years of accounting experience preferred.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
REQUIRED SKILLS Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies.
Makes sound decisions based on analysis, discussion, experience, and judgment.
Demonstrated team player with active participation in meetings.
Demonstrated understanding, interpretation, and application of GAAP accounting rules.
Strong planning and project management skills.
Strong ability to transition efficiently from working independently to working collaboratively.
Anticipates emerging and future trends accurately based on broad knowledge and perspective.
Excellent math and analytical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to communicate at all levels of the organization including with the board.
Develops and maintains interpersonal relationships.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to balance multiple priorities.
Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the organization’s systems and data as well as client data.
Understand and comply with the Mueller Quality System and current regulatory requirements.
PREFERRED SKILLS Demonstrated experience utilizing an ERP.
SAP experience preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this job, the team member is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills; ability to stand or sit, bend or stoop, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light weights of up to 25 pounds.
Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate office equipment and read.
The team member frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.
Position requires frequent typing.
Notice: The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by team members within this classification.
This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all tasks, responsibilities and qualifications required of team members assigned to this job.
Position functions, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.