Senior Accountant

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner’s reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans -  401K and Roth 401K , eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU- Citizens Equity First Credit Union - Employees have access to services include payroll deductions savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more.
• Additional Benefits include: Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.

This position will act as the primary point of contact for the operations group and Executive leadership concerning financial matters, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audit and tax support, and accounting systems. Our systems consist of Fishbowl for inventory management and QuickBooks for financials, along with Bill for payables. It is critical this individual become deeply involved in the use of these systems for all transaction cycles, be in a position to support operations in conducting transactions, and assist in optimizing use of these systems to enhance accuracy and streamline efforts.

Pay rate:  $52,908.82 - $72,752.68 Annually
Pay rate is dependent upon education & experience. 

Essential Functions:

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

• Partners with the Operations leadership team to understand performance, optimize finance related operational decisions, ensure appropriate financial/accounting rigor, introduce process discipline as needed, and safeguard company assets
• Establishes accounting processes and procedures
• Develops budgeting and forecasting process while ensuring a high degree of accuracy and leveraging systems capabilities
• Drives change, as needed, to ensure compliance to GAAP, reviewing and delivering recommendations for continuous improvement, and clearly communicating relevant fiscal information to executive management
• It is the single point of contact relating to financial processes and information for the business and manages the overall quality of reported financial information and finance process controls
• Effectively lead the Finance organization and positively influence business outcomes
• Actively participates in large deal reviews as a representative of the finance team supporting the General Managers
• Manages individually and through the company team and consultants all accounting procedures related to operations
• Establishes budgeting process and procedures for all functions coordinates development of department budgets with managers

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Management, or Business with a concentration in Accounting required
• 3-5 years of practical experience in financial analysis, report preparation, account reconciliation, and account analysis work

Physical Demands & Competencies:

• Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing but may require occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds
• Data Entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
• Safety & Product Knowledge
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Access
• Basic knowledge of Cognos, Hyperion, or Chrystal Reports
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Work Environment:

• Noise: Quiet
• Indoors

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.