CHIEF / SENIOR ACCOUNTANT (WITHOUT TAX EXPERTISE) (FI131_02)

Location:

Salem, VA, US, 24153

Desk Designation: Onsite

Job Req ID: 1595

Type of Contract: Permanent Full-Time

Mersen is a global expert in electrical specialties and advanced materials for high-tech industries.

Present in 33 countries with 50 industrial sites and 18 R&D centres, Mersen develops custom solutions and supplies key products to meet the new technological challenges that will shape tomorrow's world.

For more than 130 years, Mersen has been constantly innovating to support and satisfy its customers' needs with the same high standards.

Be it in wind power, solar power, electronics, electric vehicles, aeronautics, space or countless other sectors, wherever technology is progressing, you will always find a bit of Mersen.

Main missions

Basic Purpose

Responsible for accounting, reporting, finance, tax and audit activities of the site and enforces Group and site policies accordingly.

Main duties

Main Duties

• Ensures data entry, checking, reconciliation of accounting entries (clients, suppliers, tax on sales, fixed assets, etc.).
• Provide support to A/R and A/P functions on daily work. Review and validate data entry and accounting entries performed by these functions. Perform monthly reconciliations of sub-ledger balances.
• Participates in the reconciliation of inventory and Work-in-Process sub-ledger balances. Investigate discrepancies, fix underlying issues, and record adjustments as needed.
• Checks the overall reliability of accounting data, balance accounts, substantiating documents, reconciliation with ledger posting and with bank statements.
• Ensures the monthly/ quarterly/ annual account statement for which the accountant is responsible are accurate, within the set deadlines and in a reliable manner.
• Participate in management of fixed assets including tracking in-process additions, placing items into service, recording depreciation, and disposals.
• Participate in the sales and use tax reporting process. Calculate taxes due, record appropriate entries to the general ledger, and initiate payments to taxing authorities.
• Participates in internal audits and in risk management, informing management of all events where the accounting impact is significant or suspicious.
• Participates in the budget process. Ensures expenditure controls and analyzes budget variances.
• Analysis of cost performance by activity / project / product based on defined objectives and / or budget and / or forecasts.

Requested Skills and Knowledge

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• CPA or CPA Candidate a plus
• 3-5 years financial accounting experience
• JD Edwards experience a plus
• Mastery of Microsoft Office suite
• Global accounting including consolidations and IFRS
• Local taxation knowledge
• Internal controls
• Financial reporting
• Analysis of variances

Competencies

IT tools and applications
Local taxation (mastering)
Managing diverse relationships
Internal control (mastering)
Group knowledge
Project management
Corporate financial management (intermediate)
Treasury
Global accounting (mastering)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. The job titles do not mean the male variant but stand for the gender-neutral designation of the profession according to wikipedia. People are welcome regardless of gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.