Senior Operational Accountant

Job description
My client, a Manufacturing business in Cleveland, Ohio is looking for a Senior Operational Accountant to work closely with all levels of the organization to meet financial forecasting, reporting, and planning needs.

The preferred candidate will have a strong background with operational accounting experience in a Manufacturing environment and should have a strong understanding of financial, operational, sales, and macro/industry key metrics necessary to analyze and report on performance.

Responsibilities:
• Develops, analyzes, and reports operational and business-relevant finance metrics on a cadence set by the company and be required to handle all aspects of operational accountant including AP/ Billing / standard costing and analysis
• Develops financial reporting and dashboards to report financial performance
• Ownership of analysis and reporting processes designed to prepare actionable, insightful, and detailed financial reporting that drives effective decision making with a focus on improving speed of reporting creation and accuracy of forecasts
• Develops and maintains relationships with functional managers, department heads, and other team members
• Supports forecasts, comprehensive budgeting, and long-range financial planning activities, deadlines and deliverable creation

Experience:
• 5+ years' experience in related accounting positions
• Strong understanding of the application of accounting principles to projects centered around engineering
• Experience in ERP systems, ERP implementations
• Strong understanding of GAAP accounting rules for revenue recognition