Associate Accountant

Overview

The Associate Accountant focusing on inventory ensures timely and accurate recording of accounts payable invoices, purchase order processing, journal entries related to prime product equipment inventory and the proper maintenance of equipment transaction register and balancing of prime product inventory between ERP and GL systems.

Blanchard Machinery Company is committed to fostering a high-performance work culture with challenging work opportunities that inspire high quality results.  Some of the benefits of joining our team are:

• Competitive Pay.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, generous PTO and paid holidays, and much more.
• Exposure to world-class CAT training and development.
• A friendly and supportive work environment.
• Continuous exposure to learning and new technologies.
• Opportunities for advancement.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to a positive work environment and promotes the vision, mission and values of BMC.
• Completes all job responsibilities in a safe manner, promotes and champions a safe and healthy work environment.
• Enter data from invoice images into purchase order system, including adjustments (freight, tax, etc.) and marks complete in AvidXchange imaging software for further processing-prime product inventory.
• Process checks requests, invoices, wires, corrective journal entries (non-PO related items) for prime product inventory.
• Maintains all necessary records for CAT Vendor purchases and processes payment of all per relevant terms.
• Assist PO authors with process to completion; clear up stale orders, PO receipt issues/corrections, etc.-prime product inventory.
• Process inventory and sale related entries in DBS.
• Maintain equipment transaction register in DBS to ensure accurate equipment costing.
• Works with the sales department to reconcile inventory discrepancies.
• Works with vendors to resolve invoice disputes.
• Daily review and release of sale and rental invoices for distribution to customers and posting to GL.
• Review of monthly inventory reports generated out of DBS and balance and reconcile between them and the general ledger.
• Review overall processes for opportunities of automation and streamlining.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required. Associate or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting Finance or related area, preferred.
• 2+ years related experience in accounts payables and inventory required.
• Strong working knowledge of purchase order and accounts payable processes.
• Must have sound analysis and reconciliation experience.
• Ability to successfully work in a fast paced, time sensitive work environment.
• Strong critical thinking skills coupled with attention to detail.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office with emphasis on Excel.
• Superior phone and email etiquette required for internal and external communications.
• High level of personal integrity with ability to maintain, store, transmit and communicate highly confidential information.
• Ability to communicate with executives, managers, employees, vendors, and customers professionally and effectively.
• Personal commitment to continuous improvement and service excellence.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.

Working Conditions

• The physical environment requires the employee to work inside throughout the year.
• Job requires standing, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, twisting, turning, lifting.
• Seeing, reading, and writing to complete job responsibilities.
• Use of computer and other forms of technology to complete job responsibilities.