Senior Accountant (Newnan, GA)

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 300 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards.

Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 500 employees (Americas Zone Region). We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success!

POSITION SUMMARY

To perform this job successfully, the Senior Accountant will be an integral part of the Accounts and Finance team, responsible for assisting the Director of Finance in all phases of accounting at our East Coast Factory.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

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

• Works closely with the Director of Finance and assists with month-end financial close and reporting.
• Prepares journal entries to account for business activities with accuracy, timeliness and completeness, supported by proper documentation and calculation, and in compliance with the generally accepted accounting principles.
• Assist in Bill of Material (BOM) and production routing setting
• Maintains confidentiality of financial data and transactions.
• Responsible for managing the accounts payable process, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices, managing vendor relationships, and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Performs intercompany billing.
• Performs monthly general ledger account reconciliation.
• Performs monthly bank reconciliations and follow up on outstanding items.
• Track capital expenditure and prepares monthly capital expenditure report by first 2 working days of the month following month-end close.
• Monitors fixed asset tagging status and perform annual fixed asset counts through coordination with other business units.
• Participates in physical inventory count and prepare count report.
• Handles audit requests and budget preparation.
• Monitors and provides back-up support for accounts receivable, accounts payable or daily accounting operations as assigned in accordance with business needs.
• Performs ad hoc reports and assignments as needed.

COMPETENCIES

• Problem Solving
• Drive for Results
• Managing & Measuring Work

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no direct reports, but may carry out supervisory responsibilities on behalf of the senior leadership team in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each major responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major responsibilities.

EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCES

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting experiences.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, and solid experience with financial accounting and general ledger.
• Profound knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) is required; working knowledge and experience of accounting software and ERP systems preferred; SAP experience highly preferred.
• Fixed asset experience is highly preferred.
• Must be organized, dependable, punctual, professional; able to multi-task and prioritize accordingly to meet deadlines.
• Able to work independently in cross-functional teams to achieve established goals.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• The individual must possess excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English.
• Bilingual skill in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese would be helpful for the individual to communicate with headquarter overseas.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• The individual must be able to apply mathematical concepts such as probabilities and statistical inference to forecast annual sales and budget.
• The individual must apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to work on computer keyboard, cell phone, and office equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The noise level in the work environment is light to moderate.
• The position is often in a typical office setting.

It is Lee Kum Kee’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.