Job Location: Plymouth, MI
Full-time opportunity
Compensation: Salary with Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Vacation, PTO, 401K, Etc.,)
Job Title: Staff Accountant
We are seeking an Staff Accountant with a minimum of 5 years in work experience (Manufacturing industry experience will be a plus).
About us:
Optimal-EV is into the commercial EV sector with industry-leading performance, features, comfort, and durability. We integrate the best components through world class partnerships. Optimal-EV is the market leader in design, engineering and manufacturing of zero-emission electric low-floor shuttle buses and related mobility solutions. The Optimal-EV advantage ensures your zero-emission commercial, or shuttle bus fleets exceed expectations and deliver an unparalleled experience for companies, transit agencies, and passengers alike.
Job Description
Accounting Responsibilities:
- Banking: Monitor and reconcile bank transactions daily. Enter ACH activity and bank charges. Inform CEO of any unidentified transactions
- Monthly bank reconciliations.
- Monthly Line of Credit reporting preparation.
- Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
- Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Maintain and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, resolving discrepancies.
- Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
- Prepare accounts payable invoices and Accounts payable process. Perform internal credit card reconciliation.
- Summarizes financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
- Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
- Secures financial information by completing database backups.
- Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Process all the company's financial statements and bank reporting.
- At the end of each month, a trial balance is run to verify that general ledger accounts are in balance and review accounts to be sure entries are accurate, recorded as required by GAAP on a timely basis.
- Prepare and entry all journal entries as required for pre-paid expenses, assets, accrual of liabilities, payroll and benefits, and other journal entries as needed.
- Maintain financial reports, records, and general ledgers; prepare and analyze budgets; and perform general bookkeeping.
Payroll responsibilities include:
- Collecting timesheets, New Hire Entries, utilizing 3rd party payroll system (Paylocity Systems), preparing, and processing employee payments, and maintaining accurate payroll records.
- Prepares reports by compiling summaries sector of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages.
- Full cycle Payroll.
- Knowledge on payroll liabilities of federal and state income and social security taxes and employer's social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments.
401K - Profit Sharing responsibilities include:
- Assist Auditor with IRS Annual 401(k) Audit Fee Disclosures, Plan Documents, Non-discriminating Testing & Form 5500.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting required.
- 1-2years of relevant experience in accounting and payroll.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- 1 years of experience with QuickBooks.
- ERP (NetSuite) experience is a plus.
- Detail oriented with results-driven problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced proactive environment.