Sr. Accountant

The Senior Accountant role combines accounts payable with accounting oversight and compliance for importing/exporting goods. Responsibilities include processing invoices, ensuring timely and accurate payments to vendors (freight, 3PL, logistics, and service providers), reconciling accounts, and supporting month-end close activities. The role also specializes in international trade compliance to prevent discrepancies, legal issues, and financial losses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accounts Payable: Process and code invoices, manage payments, reconcile vendor accounts, and resolve discrepancies. Collaborate with internal teams and international business units to ensure approvals, accurate updates, and timely reporting. Support cross-border operations and multi-entity transactions.
  
• Tax & Compliance: Post VAT entries, assist with customs duty audits, review import documentation, verify tariff classifications, and ensure compliance with U.S. and international regulations, including CBP and partner agencies.
  
• Month-End & Reporting: Support month-end close, prepare journal entries, financial statements, royalty/rebate/commission reports, and flag noncompliance issues to internal legal. Analyze trends and provide insights to management.
  
• General Accounting: Perform account reconciliations, assist with amortization/depreciation schedules, and prepare statements for internal and external reporting. Maintain accuracy and completeness across multiple entities.
  
• Banking & Interest: Post monthly bank activity, interest income, update amortization schedules for notes payable, and prepare statements as requested. Ensure proper allocation and tracking of intercompany payments.
  
• Customs Duty Auditing: Audit import entries and documents (commercial invoices, packing lists) for classification, valuation, and origin; perform post-entry corrections; maintain CBP-compliant records; analyze findings and propose corrective actions to improve accuracy, reduce risk, and ensure compliance.
  

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Good organizational and time management skills
  
• Effective communication (written and verbal)
  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; must take initiative
  
• Analytical and detail-oriented skills: Essential for reviewing complex legal and regulatory documents and identifying discrepancies.
  
• Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills are necessary to interact with internal teams, customs authorities, and brokers.
  
• Analytical with strong attention to detail.
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Ability to meet deadlines
  

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as international business or a related area, or equivalent work experience.
  
• Five to ten years' experience in accounting.
  
• Familiarity with trade management systems: Experience with systems like SAP preferred.
  
• Strong understanding of accounting principles (e.g., GAAP); accrual accounting, and matching principles