Office Administrator (Accounting focused)

pspan style="color: #2c3241; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px"span style="color: rgb(56, 49, 47); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-weight: bold"Office AdministratorbrLocation:/spanspan style="color: rgb(56, 49, 47); font-family: Inter, sans-serif"span /spanDyersville, IA | On-Site/span/span/p pspan style="color: #2c3241; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px"br/span/p pspan style="color: #2c3241; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px"Our client is seeking an experienced and highly organized span style="font-weight: bold"Office Administrator/span to join their manufacturing plant in Dyersville, Iowa. You will /spanwill be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the office around all accounting and human resource functions, ensuring efficiency and productivity. This role requires strong administrative skills, the ability to supervise staff, and excellent organizational abilities./p pbr/p pWork experience as an Accounting/Bookkeeping professional in the Manufacturing industry and around cost accounting is required. This role requires a strong leadership mindset, with outstanding skills for accurate bookkeeping and accounting principles and proactive problem-solving. Additional tasks or projects may be assigned as needed./p pbr/p pIdeal candidates are required to possess confidence and motivation, be results orientated, a self-starter that brings a positive attitude, common sense, and keen organization skills to the workplace. As well as excellent communication, customer relation skills, ability to handle a fast paced and changing environment, team player, and problem-solving skills./p pbr/p pReporting to the plant’s CEO, this position also assists with the company's culture and implementation of strategic and tactical objectives, as necessary, for their plant to achieve its goals./p pbr/p pspan style="font-weight: bold"Primary Duties Responsibilities/span/p ul liVerify, record, reconcile, and perform accounting functions including, but not limited to, financial transactions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, payroll, sales taxes, general ledger entries and writing checks/li liMonth-End close (including bank and merchant account reconciliation, accruals, closing entries, etc.)/li liProvide accurate financial reporting as required/li liProcess weekly payroll/li liAssist/provide back up in entering sales orders and fulfilling/shipping customer orders/li liInventory maintenance and analysis/li liWork with operations to ensure billing accuracy/li liConduct financial evaluations of operational initiatives./li liAssist in customer account inquiries (payment and application research)/li liInstills a discipline that drives sound internal controls and ensures adherence to company accounting policies and procedures./li liAdminister company benefits programs (health insurance, 401(k), HSA, etc.)/li liClaims Administration (Cobra, UI, WC, etc.)/li liEnsure compliance with all labor laws/li liAssist with the hiring/onboarding process of new employees/li liRespond to employee questions/concerns/li liOther tasks and projects as requested by General Manager/li /ul pbrbr/p pspan style="font-weight: bold"Skills/Requirements/span/p ul li5+ years of accounting and/or bookkeeping experience in a manufacturing environment required/li liMinimum of 3+ years of experience as an Office administrator or related position/li liHS Diploma or GED required/li liHigh level of competency with Microsoft Suite/Word/Excel/ processing, ERP computer systems, and email/li liFamiliarity with payroll processing and employee benefits administration/li liMust be technically savvy with the ability to quickly learn new systems with limited training/li liAbility to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment/li liAbility to maintain a high level of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality/li liSome knowledge of HR principles and 3 years of practical experience preferred/li liA proven skill set demonstrating effective communication, planning and organization, sound judgement, quality control, and leadership/li /ul pspan style="font-size: 12pt"br/span/p pspan style="font-size: 12pt"emKSI’s Talent Acquisition Team partners with companies to assist with their hiring needs. All positions are direct-to-hire opportunities with the employer./em/spanbr/p