Junior Accountant

General Description:

The Junior Accountant is responsible for performing a wide range of accounting and bookkeeping tasks to support the financial health of the company. Reporting directly to the CFO, this role involves processing financial transactions, maintaining accurate records, and assisting with key accounting procedures. The ideal candidate will use their accounting experience to manage purchase orders, handle accounts payable and receivable, and contribute to the accuracy of financial data in a fast-paced industrial setting.

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accounts Payable (AP): Process vendor invoices, match them to purchase orders and receiving documents, and prepare payments in a timely manner.
  
• Accounts Receivable (AR): Generate and issue customer invoices, monitor outstanding balances, and apply cash receipts to the correct accounts.
  
• General Ledger: Prepare and post journal entries, perform data entry, and assist with month-end and year-end closing procedures to ensure the general ledger is accurate.
  
• Reconciliations: Reconcile bank statements, credit card statements, and other balance sheet accounts to ensure all financial data is consistent and accurate.
  
• Financial Reporting: Assist in the preparation of financial reports, audit schedules, and other support documentation for the CFO.
  
• Job Costing & Inventory: Provide support for job costing analysis and assist in the tracking of inventory and material costs, which is particularly relevant in a manufacturing environment.
  
• Compliance & Audit: Assist with internal and external audits and ensure all accounting processes adhere to company policies and standard accounting principles.
  

Competencies:

• Attention to Detail: Meticulous and highly accurate in data entry, record-keeping, and financial calculations.
  
• Problem-Solving: The ability to identify discrepancies and issues, analyze potential causes, and implement solutions.
  
• Organizational Skills: Strong ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize deadlines, and maintain an organized work environment.
  
• Technical Proficiency: Competence in accounting software and strong skills in Microsoft Excel.
  
• Communication: Effective written and verbal communication skills for interactions with vendors, customers, and internal team members.
  
• Integrity: Possesses a high degree of integrity and handles confidential financial information with discretion.
  
• Teamwork: The ability to collaborate effectively with the CFO and other departments to achieve company goals.
  

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, or kneel. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 40 hours per week.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position.

Required Education and Experience

Experience: 2 years of accounting experience (Required).

Preferred: Industrial manufacturing experience.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
  
• Dental Insurance
  
• Vision Insurance
  
• Life insurance
  
• Paid Time Off Accrual
  
• Paid Holidays
  

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
  
• Dental insurance
  
• Disability insurance
  
• Employee assistance program
  
• Health insurance
  
• Life insurance
  
• Paid time off
  
• Vision insurance
  

Application Question(s):

• Ability to Drug Screen
  

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)
  

Experience:

• Accounting: 2 years (Required)
  

Ability to Commute:

• Oklahoma City, OK 73173 (Required)
  

Work Location: In person