AVS, Incorporated Hiring for Senior Accountant Job at Ayer, MA Full Time

Senior Accountant

Company overview

AVS provides custom material processing furnaces for our customers’ worldwide requirements. Located in Ayer, Massachusetts the AVS facility includes corporate offices, design engineering, as well as our modern vertically integrated manufacturing. AVS designs and produces high quality state of the art equipment for the leading companies in the aerospace, advanced optics, ceramics, medical and other commercial industries, agencies and universities.

AVS is a company that successfully combines its over 50 years of experience with current tools and a progressive problem solving approach. We are growing and looking to both promote from within the organization as well as add talented hardworking people to help us achieve our potential.

Summary /Objective

Reconcile account balances and bank statements, maintain general ledger and prepare month-end close procedures. Ensure accuracy and effectiveness in all accounting tasks. Participate as a key member of the AVS Accounting team to ensure department and company objectives are achieved.

Essential Functions

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

• Maintain General Ledger and prepare, record asset, liability, revenue and expense entries.
• Review, reconcile and monitor bank accounts and cash transactions daily.
• Prepare project based customer billing and cash applications in a timely professional manner.
• Track customer payments and maintain consistent receivable collection efforts.
• Regularly maintain detailed reconciliations of all assigned balance sheet accounts.
• Provide job costing and labor distribution information to operations staff.
• Cross-train and support payroll, Human Resources and other administrative areas as needed.
• Support CEO, CFO, Controller and other senior management programs and projects.
• Train and develop supporting staff as required.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary.

Employment Classification

Exempt

Position Reports To

Controller

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel

This position requires seldom local errand travel, less than 1% of working time.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
• 5 years business accounting experience.
• Superior organization skills and dedication to meet schedules, deadlines and complete projects in a timely manner.
• The desire and ability to be successful.
• Ability to function as a team player in a small office environment.
• Knowledge and experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Accuracy in daily work and strong analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and have excellent follow-up abilities.
• Willingness to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the organization.
• Assist with implementing new accounting and administrative policies and procedures.
• Maintain a high level of integrity, confidentiality and professional skepticism
• Proficient in MS Office with knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Accounting experience in a capital goods manufacturing company.
• Experience in a privately owned enterprise.
• Desire to grow your personal accounting, management and business skills
• Visual by Infor experience and implementation of ERP systems a plus.

Other Duties

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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location