STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™.  We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return.  Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work.  By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to apply principles of accounting to prepare, maintain and analyze financial information that has an impact on the financial position of the company.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Compiles information for financial purposes up to and including statements.  Analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions.
• Audits, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in general ledger and journal entry inputs.
• Maintains cost information.
• Prepares financial schedules including lease, loan and accruals.
• Handles accounts payables for specials accounts.
• Reconciles accounts.
• Collects appropriate data for federal, state, and local reports and tax returns to ensure tax compliance

Qualifications and Skill Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in accounting plus 3 - 5 years of related experience in accounting
• 3 - 5 years of manufacturing experience, preferred
• Cost accounting experience
• Proficient in Microsoft office, with emphasis on Data Access and Excel, this includes pivot tables and v-lookup
• Be vigilant about safety
• Quality - conscious, oriented to excellence

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.

Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.