Staff Accountant I - Cornell Pump Company

Cornell Pump Company is a prominent leader in the centrifugal pump industry with over 75 years of experience and continuous growth. Our manufacturing facilities located in Clackamas, OR, Vancouver, WA, and Rock Hill, SC allow us to serve diverse markets such as Agriculture, Industrial, Municipal, Rental, and Mining.

We are seeking an entry-level Staff Accountant to join our dynamic team onsite out of the Clackamas location. This is an exempt position. The annual base salary is $55,000 - $65,000 (DOE)

We offer many company benefits:

• 10 paid holidays and PTO starting at two weeks per year
• 401K Plan - 3% employer contribution, and matching based on your contribution thereafter: immediate full vesting
• Two medical plans: a PPO and an HDHP with an HSA
• Dental/Vision coverage
• Company-paid Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
• Two weeks of paid Parental Leave
• Company-Paid Life Insurance & AD&D, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance & AD&D
• Safety Shoes: Get up to $250 reimbursed every two years
• Prescription Safety Glasses: Get up to $250 reimbursement every two years
• Employee Rewards and Recognition Program
• Coffee and healthy snacks are provided daily
• Free lunch with food truck Fridays throughout Summer, a summer party for the family, holiday events, and Santa Day for the kids

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:

The Staff Accountant will handle month-end journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, reserve updates, and financial reporting while ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. This role involves providing forecast and cost accounting analysis, supporting process improvement initiatives with tools like Power BI and Salesforce, and serving as a backup for Accounts Receivable and costing functions. You will work with the manufactured products team to ensure compliance with company policies and educate operators on product costing and analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• General Accounting functions (Journal Entries and Reconciliations), Financial Reporting, Reserve Analysis, Sarbanes-Oxley, Forecast Analysis, Cost Accounting, and more.
• Prepares and inputs standard month-end journal entries.
• Reconciles and performs analysis on balance sheet accounts.
• Updates data for analysis of Reserves
• Participates in teams/projects as assigned.
• Work directly with the manufactured products team to ensure compliance with company reporting policies and initiatives.
• Direct labor and overhead analysis providing management actionable reports.
• Educate and assist operators on product costing, analysis, and reporting.
• Assist Assistant Controller with process improvement utilizing software tools like Power BI, UiPath, Salesforce, Excel, and other emerging technologies
• Assist the Assistant Controller with creating interwoven automated processes that provide live actionable information for decision-makers
• Backup for AR and Costing
• Ability to document with complete particulars, fully recording facts for future reference and support. Ability to organize and file documents for quick and easy retrieval.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Preferred: Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Finance or Accounting

0-1 years of experience in accounting

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be able to work under the pressure of tight deadlines. Must have strong attention to detail.
• Solid foundation in Excel Functions (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Xlookup, SumIF, etc)
• Ability to use a 10-key calculator, telephone, and be computer literate. Must be proficient in the use of spreadsheet and word processing software.

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

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