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Payroll Accountant- Spokane, WA

Posted: November 4, 2024
The Payroll Accountant administers the day-to-day functions for the Accounting Department including payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general accounting.
Location: Spokane, WA
Wage: Salary (non-exempt) $53,000- $60,000

Benefits: All Silgan Unicep employees are eligible to participate in our 401k, dental, medical and/or vision benefits after a probationary waiting period.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Payroll Management: Oversee payroll funcations, including processing bi-weekly paychecks and direct deposits, maintaining employee records, calculating withholdings, and ensuring timely submission to relevant agencies. 
  • Tax Filings: Prepare quarterly and year-end payroll tax filings as well as annual W-2 and 1099 forms.
  • Accounts Receivable: Handle invoicing, process payments, and follow up on overdue accounts. 
  • Fixed Assets Managment: Administer the Fixed Assets program, inclduing spproving capital projects, overseeing capitalization and conducting physical inventory checks. 
  • General Ledger Maintenance: Assist in maintaining the general ledger through journal entries, account reconciliations and month-end closing activities. 
  • External Audit Support: Provide necessary information and documentation for external auditors during annual reviews. 
  • Treasury Management: Manage treasury funcations, inclduing processing customer and vendor payments, and reconciling bank accounts with the general ledger. 
  • Financial Record Keeping: Maintain comprehensive records of financial documents and their supporting materials. 
  • Process Improvement: Recommend enhancements to department processes and internal controls. 
  • Financial Analysis: Conduct financial analysis as needed. 
  • Forecasting Assistance: Supoort monthly orecasting processes. 
  • Project Support: Assist with special projects as required.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to GMP, FDA, OSHA and other regulatory standards in alignment with company policies. 
  • Safety Compliance: Follow company safety protocols.
  • Attendance: Maintain regular attendance.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

  • Experience 2-5 years of accounting experience 
  • Education: Associates in Accounting or simila filed of study preferred
  • Schedule: Must be able to work over 40 hours per week if necessary. Individual will be assisting employees who may either be on a continuous or conventional schedule and must, therefore, be able to effectively interface with those employees on various days/hours during the week
Nice to have 
  •  3-5 years of manufacturing accounting experience 
  • Experience using Workday, JD Edwars Enterprise and On Base software preferred 

Physical Requirements

  • Frequently required to sit and walk.
  • Occasionally required to stand.
  • Frequently required to talk and hear.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds (9 kg).
  • Vision ability including close vision, distance vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Good manual dexterity to handle small objects

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable those individuals who are disabled as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of this job.

This is an on-site position at our Spokane, WA facility.

Ready to apply? Please send your completed Employment Application (PDF) or resume to careers@silganunicep.com.

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