Senior Finance Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion.

As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out.

We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a Best of the Best in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.

It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION : COE

SUMMARY : In this highly visible position the Senior Finance Analyst will provide financial support to our accounting and finance team.

Specific duties include budgeting, monitoring of actuals to forecast, and monthly close. The position will impact strategic decision-making based upon timely and accurate analysis of consolidation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Reporting

• Responsible for the management of daily accounting functions and financial reporting in compliance with generally acceptable accounting principles (GAAP)
• Manage the monthly closing function including timely preparation and distribution of the monthly financial statements.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries, bank reconciliations, and financial statements; prepare and review consolidations including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow for all reporting periods.
• Own lease accounting under ASC 842 including system administration of LeaseQuery.
• Track capital expenditures and commitments to provide a monthly status update on each CER. Review budgeted projects in CIP on a quarterly basis and alert management if a project appears to be going over budget or will not complete by year-end.
• Maintain fixed asset register. Reconcile fixed asset subledger to general ledger. Manage process for disposal of assets and putting new assets into service.
• Develop reporting for business partners and support internal customers in understanding the financial facts behind business decisions.
• Establish and maintain cycle counting procedures, including follow up on discrepancies.
• Lead quarterly inventory review with management. Reconcile inventory records with third-party warehouse. Review and approve Authorizations For Destruction (AFD).

Coordinate year-end inventory testing with outside auditors.

• Prepare and / or review weekly and monthly reports (inventory, backlog, bookings, anticipated sales, working capital)
• Own and develop monthly reporting to senior leadership.

Budget and Forecasting

• Assist with budget and forecasting activities and timeline for corporate and COEs.
• Prepare the corporate division budget and forecast, which includes analysis of historical trends and estimates.
• Own variances to budget and report out variances to senior leadership.
• Partner with business functions to accurately budget and forecast by business function.
• Prepare annual expense forecast as input to the annual budget process.

Audit

• Lead and prepare the year-end financial statement audit including coordination with external auditors and other COEs.
• Coordinate activities in preparation for other periodic audits and reports and reports such as the Flexible Packaging Association and US Census Bureau
• Prepare and coordinate the Pension and 401k Audits.

Finance IT Applications

• Own and coordinate with Harris and Radius IT support to add new General Ledger accounts as needed and update financial reporting templates and retrievals.
• Support ERP and bolt on financial product implementations; lead cross functional teams as required.

Cash / Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable

• Reconciliation of payroll accounts
• Corporate credit card management
• Own daily cash balances, entry and / or approval of ACHs / Wires, and monthly cash projection consolidation
• Assist with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams as needed, including processing invoices, check run and supplier finance administration.

Requirements :

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE :

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field from four-year college or university plus 5 years of experience.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Strong leadership skills
• Strong communication, time management, and organizational skills
• Proven problem solver with excellent analytical skills
• Experience and comfort with a variety of computer systems and exporting / analyzing data in Excel, including joining data from multiple sources.
• Experience in operational accounting, manufacturing, and / or cost accounting
• Enjoy a fast-paced environment and are dedicated to driving and achieving results

LANGUAGE SKILLS :

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure including whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES

Candidate must possess / exhibit the following skills / abilities :

• Reliability : at work every day on time
• Accuracy : uncompromised
• Communication Skills : technical information, internal / external customers, all levels of employees
• Conflict Resolution
• Attention to Details
• Independence
• Innovation : constantly re-develop systems and processes
• Manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines
• Organizational skills
• Professionalism / professional demeanor
• Team : work as a member with all employees
• Proficiency in MS Office products including Excel

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.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.

The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and climb or balance.

The employee is regularly required to hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

EOE / AA Disability / Veteran.

If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at :

[email protected].