Sr Accountant

Payroll Responsibilities

• Oversee the full payroll cycle, ensuring all daily and weekly tasks are completed accurately and on time

• Manage weekly payroll adjustments and submit them to corporate payroll for processing

• Maintain the UKG system, updating employee records, pay rates, and other system changes

• Ensure compliance with all payroll-related regulations, including taxes, wage and hour laws, and deductions

• Serve as a resource for employees and supervisors by providing guidance on payroll policies and procedures

• Lead weekly payroll orientation sessions for hourly, salaried, and salaried non-exempt employees

Accounting & Finance Responsibilities

• Manage the accounts payable process for the site, including invoice submission, PO compliance, vendor statement reviews, and ensuring timely processing by the Hobart team

• Execute monthly close processes, preparing required financial reports, account reconciliations, and analyses

• Handle operational and general accounting tasks such as journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and company financial policies/procedures across the Hobart Plant

• Support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts by ensuring internal controls are documented and functioning effectively

• Manage accounts payable, accruals, and expense reporting

• Prepare variance reports, weekly reports, and month-end financial deliverables

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Act as a change agent, identifying and driving process improvements within payroll and accounting operations

• Partner with internal teams and auditors to support external/internal audit requests

• Provide financial insights for cost reduction and savings projects

• Participate in site-level meetings and cross-functional initiatives to support the broader manufacturing facility

• Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Accounting or Finance.

• 4+ years' general accounting experience.

• Experience with cost accounting and expense budgeting.

• Experience with enterprise systems such as JDE, BPCS, or other AS400 systems preferred.

• Ability to interact positively with employees at all levels of the organization regarding accounting and finance.

• Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information.

• Ability to demonstrate a serious commitment to accuracy and quality while meeting goals or deadlines.

• Demonstrated ability to identify, initiate and retain process improvements through various available tools and technology.

• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel.

• Must be able to work in a team-oriented, fast paced environment.

This position reports directly to the Hobart Controller. This position will interact will all levels of management throughout the company and with non-exempt employees. The work environment is an office setting.

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough and precise in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small; monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently; double-checks the accuracy of information and work product to provide accurate and consistent work; provides information on a timely basis and in a usable form to others who need to act on it; remains aware and takes care of details that are easy to overlook or dismiss as insignificant; compares observations of finished work to what is expected to find inconsistencies.

• Analytical: Uses a systematic approach in solving problems through analysis of problem and evaluation of alternate solutions; uses logic, mathematics, or other problem-solving tools in data analysis or in generating solutions; logically and thoughtfully sorts through ambiguity and alternatives with rigor and discipline that crystallizes ideas for action; goes beyond analyzing factual information to develop a conceptual understanding of the meaning of a range of information; integrates diverse themes and lines of reasoning to create new insights or levels of understanding for the issue at hand; thinks in terms of generalized models rather than concrete details.

• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Integrity & Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidence; admits mistakes; doesn't misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

• Teamwork: Willingly works cooperatively with others and contributes to the group with ideas, suggestions, and effort; does not talk about team members in a negative manner in their absence; participates consistently as an active team player; open to others' ideas and suggestions; willing to share own ideas and information and not retain knowledge as power; encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity in the team; respects authority and recognizes own role and limitations; motivates and challenges others.

• Time Management: Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.

Location: Hobart, NY Facility

Hours 7:30am to 4:30pm Hybrid

Non-Exempt position