Overview:
The Staff Accountant reports to the Accounting Supervisor, Americas and is responsible for ensuring the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, and entering transactions for the North American region. The Staff Accountant will assist with the day-to-day accounting functions, month-end closings and analyze data, as necessary, to ensure that the general ledger is complete and accurate.
Job Responsibilities:
- Support the Americas Accounting team by preparing and recording monthly journal entries
- Maintain accuracy of schedules for the following:
- Prepaid Expenses
- Prepaid Insurance
- Accrued Property Taxes
- Other Assets
- Accrued Liabilities
- Analyze general ledger accounts and ensure financial compliance and accuracy
- Prepare account reconciliations with supporting documentation for Americas Shared Service Center’s balance sheets
- Support internal and external audit requests
- Ensure Global Accounting Policies are being applied within assigned areas of responsibility
- Complete various financial reporting surveys
- Other duties as assigned or requested
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 1-3 years of work experience in the accounting field is required
- Organizational, analytical skills and problem-solving skills
- Excellent working skills with Microsoft Office, especially with Excel
- Working knowledge of accounting concepts
- High degree of integrity and attention to organizational detail with strong work ethic
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills – both verbal and written
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of integrated software with emphasis on SAP/Oracle or similar exposure
- Public accounting experience, or experience in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks concurrently
- Exposure to Business Warehouse and Business Planning and Consolidation
Why Synthomer?
We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.
We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.
We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.
What We Do
Synthomer is a business-to-business speciality chemicals producer. We create value for all our stakeholders by applying our expertise and innovation capabilities to provide high-performance water-based polymers and ingredients to a wide range of blue-chip customers in multiple attractive end markets.
Synthomer are headquartered and stock listed in the UK. We have more than 30 operational sites across Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia including four innovation centres of excellence. The Company employs around 4,200 entrepreneurial, highly skilled employees with the expertise and experience to drive our success worldwide.
