Accountant at High Company LLC in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Position Overview:  The General Accountant is a unique role that supports different Corporate finance and accounting activities, including but not limited to accounts payable, payroll, general accounting, and treasury. The role requires an individual that has a strong work ethic, the ability to work in a dynamic environment, values teamwork, and can work with confidential information. 

General Accounting:

• Prepare month-end journal entries for corporate and strategic business units (SBUs)


• Provide monthly intercompany transactions and provide supporting information for month-end eliminations


• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and other general ledger account reconciliations


• Maintain the accounting schedules for IT contracts and insurance premium activity; additionally, provide support for sales & use tax reporting for corporate, when needed


• Process travel and entertainment expense reports


• Maintain the monthly capital expenditures details and provide summary details to the executive team


• Invoice the leadership center monthly


• Maintain quarterly unclaimed property

Accounts Payable:  

• Vendor management through regular master file and vendor form maintenance


• Provide assistance and back-up to the accounts payable group (MRI & SAP)


• Become familiar with MRI invoice processing developing ideas to help streamline the process


• Process access requests/modifications for ImageNow and modify approval trees when need

Payroll:

• Assist supporting the W-2 distribution at year-end as well as other payroll tax requirements


• Prepare weekly prevailing wage certifications for approval by the Chief Financial Officer


• Provide support to payroll, including covering weekly payroll as needed

Other Areas of Importance:

• Provide assistance to cash management team during peak times. This may include cash application, debt refinancing, and bank account management


• Support the gift card program management


• Support the audit through pulling detail support requested by the auditors


• 1099 preparation and distribution


• Ad hoc requests and projects as necessary

Educational & Professional Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree with major in Accounting/Finance or Business or 5-10 years of corporate accounting experience.


• Expected to work independently, working under the general direction of the Manager, Accounting. 


• Required maturity and a high level of professionalism coupled with good interpersonal and communication skills.

Working for High Company LLC:

• Tuition Assistance with 100 percent reimbursement for approved courses and degree programs which are job related and approved in advance by your supervisor.


• Employee Assistance Program provides professional, confidential assistance for any type of personal issue you or your eligible dependents are experiencing.


• High Family Foundation Scholarship is awarded annually to the children of High co-workers working at least 1,000 hours per year and employed for at least two years. Recipients are awarded $4,000 for each year they are enrolled in a two- or four-year accredited degree program.


• Recognition programs, including the Good Measure Award presented periodically to an individual or team from each of the High companies who exemplifies The High Philosophy and who has gone above and beyond normal job responsibilities to provide "Good Measure."


• Excellent benefits including medical, dental and vision available for full-time coworkers.  Vacation is offered to regular full-time coworkers and is earned annually on your anniversary date. You may carry over a portion of your hours into the next anniversary year.


• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match.

Education

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Accounting or related field

Behaviors

Preferred

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest


• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Preferred

• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility


• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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