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Job Title: Accountant
Location: May work from any of our offices in Wilsonville, OR, Chester, CA, Lakeview, OR, Klamath Falls, OR
Reports to: Western Region Controller
Salary: (70,000-90,000 DOE) Exempt
At Collins, we are committed to building a better world. As a family-owned company founded in 1855, this begins with our commitment to land and resource stewardship on our 370 thousand acres of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forest lands. With operations in California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, we manufacture softwood and hardwood lumber, particleboard, and hardboard siding.
Position Summary:
Financial accountant responsible for supporting three business units along with the Controller and accounting team. This individual will prepare and maintain financial records to track the organizations assets, liabilities, profit & loss, tax liabilities and other related financial activities.
Positions Responsibilities
- Prepare and review financial statements for accuracy and legal compliance for multiple business units in various locations.
- Prepare and review all journal entries.
- Prepare documentation for external auditors.
- Collaborate with operations managers for annual budgeting process.
- Complete budgeting reviews with managers on a monthly basis.
- Prepare and complete harvest tax.
- Responsible for return to logs calculations.
- Develop financial models for return to logs calculations.
- Responsible for inventory management at multiple locations.
- Responsible for quarterly inventory valuation of lower cost of market.
- Prepare and analyze account reconciliations.
- Prepare intracompany entries, and intercompany receivables and payables.
- Calculate manufacturing statistical data.
- Correspond with other corporate and divisional staff to ensure proper accounting for purchases and expenses.
- Learn and accurately use software for the wood products sales, inventory.
- Contribute with the accounting team on back up functions and processes.
- Document duties for internal controls documentation and process aids to the team.
- Travel to locations as needed to collaborate with management or other accounting team members.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of Business Management Accounting experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Management or equivalent relevant experience.
- Understanding of accounting principles, specifically managerial accounting.
- Experience in the woods product industry a plus.
- Understanding of general ledgers and chart of accounts
- Ability to travel as needed, up to 50%.
- Excellent computer skills, to include knowledge of accounting software programs: Microsoft Dynamics 365, LumberTrack, Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.
- Must meet defined deadlines.
- Must have excellent work habits, including a willingness to work the hours necessary to get the job done, especially when important deadlines cause greater than normal departmental pressures. Ability to work independently as well as part of team.
- Excellent written and verbal communications.
- Strong problem solving and customer service skills.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
