Accountant II

Job description

Apply principles of accounting to perform month-end close tasks, prepare and review financial statements, complete financial data analysis and reporting, perform account reconciliation, and trouble-shoot accounting-related issues. Perform activities related to journal entries, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, inventory valuation, reconciliation, and sales analysis. Work independently with moderate direction. Job Duties and Responsibilities: - Prepare monthly balance sheets, balance sheet account reconciliations, income statements, and profit and loss statements, providing timely and accurate accounting entries within the group or plant - Perform month-end close procedures, including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end financial packages/statements - Maintain financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts - Review and analyze financials, such as month-end income statement and balance sheet, looking for discrepancies and trends; investigate unusual or unexpected trends and implement corrective action - Participate and assist with the budgeting and forecasting processes and various supporting analysis - Assist in the preparation an...