
Accountant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Houston • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Provide financial information by maintaining and reconciling accounts.
- Assist senior accountants and accounting manager with monthly closings and account analysis.
- Support in carrying out the responsibilities of the accounting department.
- Foster an environment of teamwork, compliance, and continual improvement.
- Adhere to the Company's objectives, i.e. Safety, Quality, Environmental and Information Security.
- Ensure compliance with the department’s standard operating procedures.
- Work closely with accounting team and Outsourcing Company to process accounts payable; research, analyze and manage vendor accounts.
- Responsible to help communications between Outsourcing company’s AP team and MCOI departments.
- Review and verify invoices and check a weekly forecasting payment report.
- Record accounting receivables and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
- Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
- Record journal entries.
- Charge expenses to GL accounts and assign cost centers or WBS by analyzing invoice/expense reports.
- Schedule and prepare checks, ACH, and Wire for payments to vendors.
- Verify contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
- Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
- Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
- Support senior accountants to prepare month end journal entries for sales accruals and cost accruals.
- Calculate and prepare journal entries for financial closings and Cost Center related transactions.
- Responsible for submitting the journal entries along with the supporting documentations in a timely manner.
- Support tax filing and communication with tax auditor (third party audit firm) and tax authorities.
Requirements
- 3+ years of accounting with A/P, A/R, Revenue & COGS recognitions, USGAAP and accrual basis accounting experiences.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- Must be detailed oriented: Proven organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong foundation in accounting principles.
- Accounts Payable Specialist with PO type 3-Way Match experience.
- Professional demeanor while working closely with accounting staff and outsourcing company on multiple tasks and projects.
- Experience with US GAAP
- Experience with different revenue recognition techniques – completed contract, percentage of completion, etc.
- Positive attitude, excellent critical thinking skills, communication and computer skills; SAP experience a plus, proficiency with Excel, MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, etc.)
- Ability to excel within time constraints and rapid turnaround situations.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a team-oriented work environment.
- Proven organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy.
- Experience working for a Big 4 Company.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible working hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
accounts payableaccounts receivablerevenue recognitionCOGS recognitionUS GAAPaccrual basis accountingjournal entriesfinancial closing3-Way Matchtax filing
Soft Skills
attention to detailorganizational skillscritical thinkingcommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsteamworkpositive attitudeability to work under time constraintsproven accuracyprofessional demeanor
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting