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Job Summary

The Accounting Manager is responsible for planning and directing general accounting functions within the finance department and with other departments by performing the duties below, personally or through subordinate supervision.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and be responsible for the preparation of financial statements on a monthly basis within 3 business days or per closing schedule.
• Ensure the bank accounts are reconciled on a weekly and monthly basis and provide necessary supporting documentation for bank reconciliation
• Perform monthly and quarterly Balance Sheet account reconciliations
• Direct the maintenance of the general and subsidiary ledgers, fixed assets, and various other systems.
• Assist the Controller and Finance Manager with implementing an ever-improving internal control structure (continuous improvement mindset). Responsible for maintaining and improving current audit and compliance processes to ensure all necessary supporting documentation and analysis as required on a monthly and ad hoc basis
• Able to lead on finance related projects such as but not limited to ERP systems implementations, migrations, inventory counts and other related projects as necessary
• Support the annual budget preparation
• Supervise and participate in the preparation of various other financial and USA tax related reports in response to Corporate Headquarter requests
• Direct, collaborate and assist with other departments as necessary to achieve finance and business goals
• Perform various ad-hoc analyses and prepare reports to various business unit managers and leaders as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or equivalent. CPA or equivalent preferred, but not required
• 5 years in a supervisor role
• 7-10 years related experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Strong English written and oral communication skills for both internal and external communication
• Administrative and computer skills, proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably Oracle)
• Critical thinking skills with attention to detail
• Organizational skills and ability to multitask and prioritize work to meet strict deadlines
• Strong problem-solving and teamwork skills
• Flexible with changing assignments and priorities
• Self-motivated with a desire to learn and grow within the organization

Additional Job Details

Management – M3

Organizational Impact
• Establishes tactical and operational plans with major impact on immediate or short-term results (e.g., less than 1 year) towards and significantly influences the achievement of results of the department and/or job family
• Develops new products, processes, standards or operational plans in support of the job family group and/or department strategy
• Responsible for revenue and/or expenditures in a specific area or for the team. Additional oversight and review provided by next level of people leadership
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own job family or department, which may include external clients or partners depending upon the family/department
• Requires ability to influence others to accept the department’s or job family group’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
• May require ability to communicate with senior leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the department
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance of department and/or job family
• Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation to understand the problem
• Problems are difficult and moderately complex. Problems typically impact multiple teams. Problems are typically solved by drawing from deep prior experience and analysis of issues
Leadership & Talent Management
• Manages a large team typically comprising experienced professionals
• Responsible for creating workforce and staffing plans for area of responsibility to ensure availability of talent necessary to accomplish departmental business results
• Typically has hiring, firing, promotion, and reward authority within own area, in accordance with corporate guidelines
Knowledge & Experience
• Requires broad management knowledge to lead project teams in the department
• Typically has deep-level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job family group/business unit
• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional certification and 7 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

Work Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.