Accountant – Entry Level

General Description:

Interacts with other accountants and executives to conduct a variety of duties and responsibilities within the Worldwide Headquarters Accounting group. This position will allow you to develop skills and real-world accounting processes and business applications, including JD Edwards Enterprise accounting deployed throughout the Geospace domestic and foreign operations. The position is responsible for a full range of accounting activities including (but not limited to) general ledger analysis, cost analysis, and fixed assets.

Primary Duties:

• Prepares internal reports by gathering and analyzing data from the general ledger system.
• Reconciles accounts
• Prepares and post journal entries.
• Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
• Assists in manufacturing cost analysis, including:
  • Closed job variances
  • Under/over absorbed rate/efficiency variances
  • Calculates/changes hourly absorption rates
• Assists with month-end close process which requires more than 8-hours per day during the close process.
• Assists with maintaining fixed asset GL balances.
• Assists fixed asset accountants in wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries.

Qualifications:

• 0-1 year of experience (entry level accountant)
• BBA in Accounting preferred
• Experience with Excel
• Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Russian) preferred (may interact with subsidiaries in Colombia and Russia)