Senior Accountant

At Joseph Machine Company, we design, build, sell and service advanced automated manufacturing equipment. Since our first automated saw machine in 1986 - still in service today - we have grown into a leading engineer of lineal and panel processing machinery and software for the fenestration, architectural metals, solar and industrial extrusion markets. We are family-owned, 125 people strong, and expanding. Our customers come to us with hard problems - better throughput, fewer rejected parts, 95% material yield - and we engineer the machine that gets them there. We are looking for people who care: people comfortable solving problems, thinking critically and working with their peers to do the best job possible, not just get the job done. About the role We are adding a Senior Accountant to our five-person finance and administration team. This is the senior individual contributor on that team: you will orchestrate the monthly close, own the integrity of the general ledger, and serve as the secondary control review over day-to-day transactional accounting. As we scale to double our current volume, this role will help build the reporting, costing and control discipline that growth requires. This is a process-ownership role rather than a supervisory one, reporting directly to Finance leadership. Precision, sound judgment and a high standard of documentation are integral to the job. Responsibilities Month-end close and financial reporting • Own the close calendar with Finance leadership, driving a prompt, disciplined month-end close. • Draft the monthly financial reporting and cash flow packages for Finance leadership review. • Record and maintain recurring entries, accruals, prepaids, amortization and depreciation. • Maintain budget reporting and investigate material variances, outliers and anomalies. General ledger and cost integrity: • Reconcile general ledger accounts and roll-forward Balance Sheet accounts. • Ensure the integrity of subledgers and supporting schedules. • Review journal entries and transactional postings for accuracy and proper support. • Answer inquiries on cost variances, estimates, and order profitability. Internal controls and transaction review • Monitor segregation of duties across accounting processes, escalating control gaps to Finance leadership. • Perform secondary control validation of payroll prepared by the Payroll Accounting lead. • Independently validate supporting documentation for payment batches. • Maintain the integrity of the purchase order and capital purchase approval processes. Continuity, compliance and external support • Monitor bank activity and validate bank reconciliations and transfers prepared by team members. • Serve as the immediate backup for A/P, A/R, payroll, and bank reconciliation. • Support Finance leadership and external CPA firm on business and tax reporting and remittances. • Prepare requested schedules and documentation for the annual financial review. • Assist Finance leadership on special projects. Qualifications: Required • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field. • 5 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing, engineering or construction environment. • Advanced Excel skills and experience working within an integrated ERP system. • Working knowledge of US GAAP, general ledger structure, subledger reconciliation, internal controls. • Demonstrated precision, attention to detail, confidentiality, and firm ownership of deadlines. Preferred • CMA or CPA. • Experience with Infor VISUAL ERP. • Familiarity with SQL or similar query and reporting tools. • Job costing experience in a job shop, engineer-to-order or capital equipment environment. • A process improvement mindset, with a track record of strengthening accounting workflows. PIcbeb07815fa5-25448-412312395c143e31-5e48-4549-b638-05792d185386