Job Description

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Company: Metalforms

Location: Beaumont, TX

Company Overview

TransTech is a leading provider of specialized infrastructure and custom-engineered equipment for diverse industries. Our expansive capacity and technical expertise enable large-scale production of complex, high-quality equipment while meeting rigorous quality and safety standards.

TransTech’s companies provide comprehensive solutions for gas and liquid processing, storage, transfer, and utilization, adhering to ASME, API, and TEMA standards to ensure reliability and precision in every project.

From individual services to full project solutions, TransTech’s teams deliver expert engineering, fabrication, construction, operations and maintenance, supporting projects nationally and internationally. We help customers achieve impactful, sustainable results with a commitment to safety, community, and environmental responsibility.

Job Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Senior Accountant is to accelerate the closing and reporting processes and drive process improvements and best practices. This role will ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other Company policies and procedures.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

The Senior Accountant performs all duties under the direction of the Assistant Controller and will collaborate closely with the Corporate Accounting Team and Senior Accountants at other Business Units.

• Responsible for ensuring accurate and timely month-end close process. 

• Drive to continually improve processes and automate systems that support month end close and reporting.

• Review financial data and trends for accuracy, investigate and resolve unusual items.
• Review and/or prepare journal entries.
• Review and/or prepare account reconciliations and analysis.
• Ensure the accuracy of the intercompany reconciliation process and drive issue resolution.

• Provide guidance and mentoring to accounting team.

• Provide assistance to the accounting team to ensure accurate and monthly invoicing.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting. 
• Help ensure the appropriate internal controls are set up and maintained.

• Participate in internal and external audits, including maintaining schedules, providing supporting documentation for audit requests.

• Responsible for managing the general ledger, including intercompany and other transactions.
• Ensure that accounting practices are following GAAP and Company established policies and procedures.
• In addition to day-to-day duties and reporting, ad-hoc reporting and duties might be assigned as needed.

Education and/or Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting. 

• Five or more years of experience in a manufacturing company.

• CMA / CPA / Public Accounting experience is a plus, but not a requirement.

• Working knowledge of financial reporting software such as OneStream or Hyperion plus.
• ASC606 Revenue recognition / Percentage of Completion (POC) accounting experience a plus.

• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Experience with multiple ERP systems is desirable, Infor Visual experience is a plus.
• ERP system implementation experience a plus.

Personal Attributes / Skills:

• Possess the highest level of integrity and ethics.
• Must be dependable and trustworthy. 

• Excellent analytic and observation skills.

• High degree of accuracy.
• Continuous improvement orientation / process improvement mindset.
• Proven ability to forge strong cross-functional business partnerships.
• Willing to embrace change and able to implement change.
• Must possess a sense of urgency, a strong work ethic and results orientation.
• Ability to interact with all levels of management and work in a team-oriented environment with a service attitude.
• Able to explain complex financial concepts and results to non-financial managers.
• Leadership, team building and coaching/mentoring skills.
• Good planning and organization skills combined with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Solid understanding of GAAP accounting.
• A good knowledge of the rules governing the preparation of financial statements is required.
• Able to consistently meet deadlines and prioritize self and others to meet the Company’s expected deadlines for monthly closing, financial reporting, and other compliance deadlines.
• Good working knowledge of ERP systems and data flow.

Benefits:
Employee benefits include the following, although the costs and coverage may change over time and participation may be based on achieving a certain minimum number of hours worked:

• Competitive Paid Time Off.
• 401K with Safe Harbor Match - 100% of your first 3% contribution and 50% of your contributions on the next 2% of salary deferral.
• Employer-sponsored life insurance, long-term disability, and AD&D.
• Group health insurance.
• Group dental and vision insurance

This organization provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.