Senior Accountant

Overview

Position Summary:

The Senior Accountant is a key role within the Accounting team and has a broad scope of responsibilities and high visibility to the Director of Financial Reporting and Accounting and CFO. The preferred candidate will be a financial partner with operations and will provide managers with key financial information, assuring compliance with bank loan covenants and reporting requirements, and assisting the Assistant Controller in the daily, weekly, and monthly accounting functions.

About Us:

Triple-S Steel is a general line service center with special emphasis in the construction markets. Our roots are in Houston, but over the last 50 years our business has taken us throughout North America, Central and South America and Asia. From a small family retail operation, our business has grown to where we sell over 500,000 tons per year. Our family of companies include: Beshert Steel, Tube Supply, and Intsel Steel to name a few. But we haven't forgotten where we came from or that we're still a family business. While we may not know each colleague by name, our founding principles remain the same-we take care of our employees like family.

A Few Reasons Why You Might Love Us

• Our values: Love of God, Love of Family, Love of Others, Love of Country, Work Hard, Speak the Truth, Show Grace, Be Grateful, Give Back

• You are looking for stability, longevity and a long-term career.

• You would be joining a tightknit, supportive team that is eager to train and develop you.

• You want to work for a Top Private Company. In 2022, Triple-S Steel made the top 10 of the Houston Chronicle 100's list of top private companies, and top 13 of the Metal Center News 50's list of metal service centers.

• You get the benefits of being part of a 1600+ employees and growing company, with a family-oriented business culture.

• You will have the opportunity to have direct impact and affect change within the company.

• You will have job security. We pride ourselves for providing stability and even growth during tough economic times.

• We have been in business for 60+ years and continue growing. We currently have 50+ locations across the United States. In the last 3 years, we have acquired 10+ new locations.

And a few reasons why you may not like working for us or won't succeed:

• Adaptability and flexibility are not your thing.

• You do not work well in a fast-paced work environment.

• You expect to be told what to do.

• You are not a people person or collaborative team player.

• You do not want to work in the office. (The CEO and senior executives are in the office).

Benefits:

Because we want our team members to bring us their very best every day, we believe they deserve the right opportunities and benefits. Some of our benefits include:

• Medical, vision, dental insurance

• 401(k) up to 4% matching

• Tuition reimbursement

• Bonus and profit-sharing eligibility

• Company paid life insurance

• Voluntary life insurance

• Paid time off

• Paid holidays

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Assists in all phases of the closing and reporting functions, including preparing journal entries, analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts, and analyzing variances in income statement and balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.

• Assists in the preparation of monthly, global consolidated financial statements, specifically relating to the reconciliation of all intercompany accounts, performing required eliminating entries, and making the necessary FX translation adjustments.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP, corporate accounting policies and procedures.

• Applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports.

• Research accounting rules and regulations and prepare accounting memorandums documenting company policies. Additionally, may coordinate implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.

• Prepares loan compliance certificates.

• Aid in the development and documentation of internal controls.

• Recommends improvements, adaptations, or revisions in the accounting system and procedures.

• Prepares audit schedules for annual, external audit and liaises with external auditors.

• Performs all aspects of fixed asset accounting and reporting, including maintaining fixed asset schedules, calculating depreciation, and organizing annual fixed asset inventory.

• Ensures adherence to corporate policies and procedures and compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations.

• Liaises with tax consultants and assumes responsibility for tax-related issues within the corporation.

• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor, including assistance with special projects and ad hoc reporting requests.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• B.S. degree in Accounting.

• Minimum of three to five years of accounting experience.

• One to 2 years of experience in consolidated financial statement preparation preferred.

• Experience in audit, public accounting, or internal audit preferred.

• CPA certification preferred.

• Familiarity with industrial services or distribution operations preferred.

• Experience working with established ERP and GL systems (including eStelplan, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor / CSD).

• Position may require minimal travel (domestic or international).

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Skills:

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.

• Highly organized individual with a commitment to consistent attention to details, meeting deadlines, and strong analytical skills.

• Flexibility and adaptability to assume additional responsibilities and accommodate report requests from management.

• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections.

• Ability to work independently, often under pressure/situations within a team environment.

• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.

• Ability to build business relationships and collaborate effectively.