Accountant

Overview:

Job Title: Entry Level Accountant

Location: Gray, Louisiana

Schedule: 5/2

We are seeking a detail-oriented and self-driven accounting professional to join our team. This role will oversee general ledger functions, reconciliations, P&L preparation, fixed assets, and tax compliance while coordinating audits and consolidations across multiple entities, affiliates, and joint ventures. The ideal candidate will possess advanced Excel skills, experience with ERP systems, and the ability to manage monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes. In addition to handling special projects, the role may include credit risk analysis using D&B reports. Success in this position requires accuracy, timeliness, strong multitasking, and the ability to think outside the box to solve complex business problems.

Responsibilities:

This position may also do some credit risk and analysis by assessing risk with D&B reports. There will be special projects and should be a person willing to think and look outside the box for solutions to business problems. This person must have attention to detail and mind set for accurate and timely reporting. Should be a self-driven multitasker.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following tasks:

- Processing of General ledger, oversight, and close functions.

- Prepare general ledger account reconciliations.

- Prepare PL preparation

- Fixed asset experience

- Oversee all tax compliance to ¡include licenses and taxes

- Coordinate internal and external audits as needed.

- Prepare and consolidate all Danos entity accounting to include eliminations and affiliate and JV accounting as needed.

- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly close.

- Forecast certain accounts for monthly forecasting.

- Experience with an ERP rollout and setup is a definite plus

- Advanced Excel skills a must

Qualifications:

- Requires a four year degree in Accounting with advanced accounting courses.

- 2 to 5 years of experience in accounting preferred

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel and accounting system capabilities

- Microsoft Dynamics AX experience is a plus