At Joseph Machine Company, we design, build, sell and service advanced automated manufacturing equipment. Since our first automated saw machine in 1986 - still in service today - we have grown into a leading engineer of lineal and panel processing machinery and software for the fenestration, architectural metals, solar and industrial extrusion markets.

We are family-owned, 125+ people strong, and expanding. Our customers come to us with hard problems - better throughput, fewer rejected parts, 95% material yield - and we engineer the machine that gets them there. We are looking for people who care: people comfortable solving problems, thinking critically and working with their peers to do the best job possible, not just get the job done.

About the role
We are adding a Senior Accountant to our five-person finance and administration team. This is the senior individual contributor on that team: you will orchestrate the monthly close, own the integrity of the general ledger, and serve as the secondary control review over day-to-day transactional accounting.
As we scale to double our current volume, this role will help build the reporting, costing and control discipline that growth requires. This is a process-ownership role rather than a supervisory one, reporting directly to Finance leadership. Precision, sound judgment and a high standard of documentation are integral to the job.

Responsibilities
Month-end close and financial reporting
• Own the close calendar with Finance leadership, driving a prompt, disciplined month-end close.
• Draft the monthly financial reporting and cash flow packages for Finance leadership review.
• Record and maintain recurring entries, accruals, prepaids, amortization and depreciation.
• Maintain budget reporting and investigate material variances, outliers and anomalies.

General ledger and cost integrity:
• Reconcile general ledger accounts and roll-forward Balance Sheet accounts.
• Ensure the integrity of subledgers and supporting schedules.
• Review journal entries and transactional postings for accuracy and proper support.
• Answer inquiries on cost variances, estimates, and order profitability.
Internal controls and transaction review
• Monitor segregation of duties across accounting processes, escalating control gaps to Finance leadership.
• Perform secondary control validation of payroll prepared by the Payroll Accounting lead.
• Independently validate supporting documentation for payment batches.
• Maintain the integrity of the purchase order and capital purchase approval processes.
Continuity, compliance and external support
• Monitor bank activity and validate bank reconciliations and transfers prepared by team members.
• Serve as the immediate backup for A/P, A/R, payroll, and bank reconciliation.
• Support Finance leadership and external CPA firm on business and tax reporting and remittances.
• Prepare requested schedules and documentation for the annual financial review.
• Assist Finance leadership on special projects.

Qualifications:
Required
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• 5+ years of accounting experience in a manufacturing, engineering or construction environment.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working within an integrated ERP system.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, general ledger structure, subledger reconciliation, internal controls.
• Demonstrated precision, attention to detail, confidentiality, and firm ownership of deadlines.

Preferred
• CMA or CPA.
• Experience with Infor VISUAL ERP.
• Familiarity with SQL or similar query and reporting tools.
• Job costing experience in a job shop, engineer-to-order or capital equipment environment.
• A process improvement mindset, with a track record of strengthening accounting workflows.