Director of Accounting

DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING

- Full-Time Position

- Opportunity to join a well-established team

Since 1996, LinkUp International has provided professional sales and distribution services to the railway industry. Since that time, our capabilities have expanded to include engineering, manufacturing and a wide variety of railway products and equipment. LinkUp presently serves all seven Class I railroads along with various other industries.

Throughout our rapid growth one thing has remained constant: our ongoing commitment to providing high quality products, on-time delivery and competitive prices to each individual customer. Our goal is to build long-term relationships with our clients that are mutually beneficial. We accomplish this by offering creative solutions that meet our customers’ unique needs.

LinkUp Corporation is seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Director of Accounting to join our team. The Director of Accounting position is accountable for the accounting operations of the company, to include the production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the company's reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles. The position will highly leverage our ERP as the system of record. Epicor is our ERP.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILTIES:

Management

· Maintains and enforces a documented system of accounting policies and procedures

· Manage outsourced accounting functions

· Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives

· Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures

· Cash manager responsibilities include managing company funds, overseeing the allocation of cash balances, loans, disbursements, and investments. Reviews forecasted balances, examining and correcting any shortages or overages.

· Manage all accounting and administrative staff

Transactions

· Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner

· Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable

· Ensure that accounts receivable are collected promptly

· Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed

· Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis

· Maintain the chart of accounts

· Maintain an orderly accounting filing system

· Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions

· Monitor daily cash balances and adjust as needed

Reporting

· Issue daily flash financial report

· Issue timely and complete financial statements

· Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report

· Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations

· Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics

· Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts

· Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management

· Provide for a system of management cost reports

· Provide financial analyses as needed for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations

Compliance

· Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit

· Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants

· Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Desired Qualifications: The Director of Accounting candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration, or equivalent business experience and 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in accounting. Preference will be given to candidates with Manufacturing Accounting experience and the Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designations.

Primarily in an office environment. Periodic weekend or evening work is expected.

Familiarity with QuickBooks Enterprise and Epicor Manufacturing Software or other MRP systems would be beneficial. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Suite of programs is a must.

Monthly salary dependent upon experience.

Benefits include a GENEROUS total packageincluding Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, 401K, Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.

We take our responsibility seriously to only hire the best-fit individuals onto our team. We look forward to learning more about you to see if you're the person we've been looking for to join our team.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person