ACCOUNTING MANAGER at Building Automation Products Inc – Gays Mills, Wisconsin

New Position

Job Type: Full-time

Description

Building Automation Products, Inc (BAPI) is a company that promotes work life balance. BAPI is a family owned business with a global presence.

Position Summary: The Accounting Manager adds value to BAPI and the Accounting Team by overseeing the day-to-day operations of the accounting department, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, and maintaining compliance with accounting standards and company policies.

Benefits: Relocation reimbursement, full benefits which include Health, dental, vision, PTO, 8 paid holidays, 401k match and 100% vested at 90 days and more.

Accounting Manager Principal Responsibilities:

Manage and maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures

1. Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
2. Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures

Assure transactions are processed and completed timely and efficiently

1. Ensure goods are procured in a cost-effective manner
2. Ensure payroll is processed accurately and on schedule
3. Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed
4. Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis
5. Maintain the chart of accounts
6. Maintain an orderly accounting filing system
7. Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions

Reporting and Budgeting

1. Provides status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data timely
2. Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
3. Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
4. Prepares budgets by establishing schedules; collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial data; recommending plans
5. Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
6. Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations

Supervise and manage Accounting personnel

1. Coordinate the work activities as needed and identify the work-related skills of supervisees to coach, mentor or assist them in improving their work knowledge, skills and performance
2. Maintains financial staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training employees and providing timely feedback and appraisals.
3. Promote a productive, collaborative and innovative work environment

Maintains industry knowledge by attending educational workshops or classes; reviewing related publications; establishing networks.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed, including special projects and tasks as delegated supervisor.

Education Requirements (R/Required, P/Preferred):

(R) Bachelor’s Degree

Degrees Preferred: Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent business experience

Training, Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Specific Training in this field (R/Required, P/Preferred):

1. (P) Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant
2. (P) Financial Software

Experience/Knowledge in this field (R/Required, P/Preferred):

1. (P) 5+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major company or division of a large Corporation
2. (R) Managing Processes, developing standards
3. (R) Audit, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Tracking Budget Expenses
4. (R) Analyzing Information, Developing Budgets