Industry: Manufacturer
Location: Southwest Suburbs of Chicago
Salary: $75K-$85k (DOE)
Visa Sponsor: No
Language: English: Business Level, Japanese: Conversation Level
Detail: Position Title: Accounting Team Lead
Department: Accounting
Location: Hybrid
Reports to: VP of Accounting
Position Type: Exempt
General Responsibilities
Maintains financial and business transaction data up to date. Oversees Company’s Accounts Payable by ensuring
all transactions are recorded accurately in the general ledger complying with Company policy, procedures, and
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Prepares and analyzes financial statements and forecasts,
identifies trends, and provides insights to support decision-making. Supervises subordinate employees’ work
including maintaining procedures and providing training and clear guidance.
Essential Job Functions
Accounts Payable Operation Management
• Oversees the daily operations of the accounts payable group.
• Supervises work and responsibilities of subordinate employees assuring that quality work is
completed
in a timely manner.
• Conducts ongoing training of subordinate employees.
• Contributes to the evaluation of subordinates.
• Designs, implements, and monitors internal controls and associated business processes.
• Ensures Accounts Payable functions are working properly.
• Reviews invoice entries made by other accounting staff for accuracy and executes into the ERP.
• Reviews vendor invoices and makes invoice entries.
• Prepares vendor payments towards approved invoices.
• Managing vendor inquiries and addressing their needs.
• Investigates and resolves payment exceptions.
• Maintains a good working relationship with all vendors
• Identifies costs requiring capitalization.
• Identifies sales and use tax liabilities on A/P invoices.
General Accounting
• Ensures that established policies, rules and regulations and procedures are followed.
• Identifies solutions to departmental and interdepartmental problems.
• Identifies, analyzes, and prepares journal entries to general ledger accounts.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling
transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Leads preparation of financial statements and forecasts and performs financial analysis
• Identifies Company’s financial trends and provide insights to support decision-making.
• Analyzes changes in accounting standards and assists with implementation.
• Manages month-end close, year-end close, tax preparation, financial audit.
• Prepares various reports requested by management.
• Provides Accounting services to group companies.
• Performs other accounting tasks on an ad hoc basis.
Tax & Compliance
• Identifies, researches, and presents changes in sales and use tax regulation to management.
• Monitors sales and use tax liability and prepares for registration.
• Contributes preparation of annual income tax filing support requested by accounting firm.
• Contributes preparation of transfer pricing documentation support requested by accounting firm.
• Manage Form-1099 filing.
• Support Form 1042 filing.
Audit
• Plans and leads annual financial audit.
• Provides internal & external audit support as needed.
• Reviews materials prepared by junior accounting staff.
Other & Miscellaneous
• Contributes to Accounting related APQP tasks.
• Identifies and proposes improvements to internal controls, efficiency improvements, and cost savings
• Performs special projects and other miscellaneous duties as assigned by Management.
• Maintains high ethical standards in the workplace.
• Reports all irregular issues and problems to management for solution.
• Maintains good communication with co-workers & outside contacts.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures.
• Maintains company confidentiality at all times.
• Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe working area.
Job Requirements
Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Accounting from four-year college or university; or equivalent of 5 years of
related experience and /or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Accounts Payable or related area is preferred, with supervisory
expense being a plus.
• Strong organizational skills including time management, problem solving, organization, decision
making, interpersonal skills, initiative, flexibility, attention to detail, strong leadership qualities and
excellent judgment.
• Ability to meet a constant stream of deadlines.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with different levels of employees.
• Highly skilled and proficient at verifying financial or transactional data.
• Superior spreadsheet skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, D365 is a plus
