Accounting Associate
Job Description
Position Details:
Industry Manufacturing
Work Location Moline IL 61265
Job Title Accounting Associate
Duration 1 Year (Strong possibility of extension)
Job Description:
• Duties: Maintains and processes accounting transactions to assist with accurate financial reporting.
• Reconciles the more complex accounts, identifies discrepancies found, and provides the corrective action to be taken.
• Assists with month end close activities and preparing financial exhibits.
• Communicates with others within the department or outside of the work area (employees, customers, suppliers) in order to exchange information and to answer questions or resolve issues.
• Prepares various financial reports.
• This position will support the on-going analysis required for cost management and strategic sourcing in the area of price changes and cost management; additionally, this individual will support process and efficiency improvement initiatives of the department.
• Major Duties may include: Publish, monthly and quarterly reports, of various degrees of complexity and preparation requirements.
• Understand published reports publish and answer questions.
• Analyze price change requests, support the price and material adjustment process, validate parts are correct client’s Parts, validate current price match, validate if rate change is valid, review for outliers, investigate or escalate issues, update system with validated information, and update system with current rate information.
• Surcharge process / foundry rate approval - track and approve surcharge submittals from suppliers, review of indices and various published rates, confirm surcharge rate is valid, work with suppliers/unit on supplemental documentation as necessary, communicate with supplier and client’s factories.
MUST HAVES: Spreadsheet skills critical - good understanding of Excel and functions such as Vlookups, pivot tables, and charts, good communication, ability to work with team, strong analytical skills, good organizational skills, strong proficiency in MS Office, especially with Excel.
If you are interested or want to know more about this position please reach out to me:
Monaliza Santiago
314-815-5414