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Accounting Assistant

This role is located in Elkhart, Indiana.

Family-focused, Friendly, Air-conditioned, Flexible environment!

Want to work in a family-friendly, clean, flexible, and work/life balanced environment, where you and your family matter? Do you want to be a part of an organization that cares about their employee's suggestions and the community? You will also love the people and their onsite Company Dog Mascots!

Then, TouchTronics has a place for you!

Who We Are:

TouchTronics, Inc. is a national leader in the design and manufacturing of PowerTouch remote controls and we are leading the way through our innovation and development of new products. Our success comes from our unique capability to take custom design ideas through each phase of the process and deliver an innovative, high-quality product to our customer. TouchTronics is a family-oriented company with a long history going back more than 30 years. Each day we are enhancing the lives of our customers - Learn how we can enhance yours!

What We Offer:

• Exciting and relaxed, collaborative, and family-oriented work environment with flexible work/life balance schedules
• Clean, friendly environment with individual work stations
• Challenging and progressive career development
• Competitive salaries & bonuses!
• Excellent Comprehensive Health & Wellness programs
• Best practice PTO policies and paid holidays
• Retirement program and company match!
• Employee Team Events!
• Open communication, informal recognition, and team-building events
And much more to motivated, results-oriented individuals who want to make a real difference in their community and role!

What You'll Do:

As an Accountant, you will process, administer and validate day to day accounting activities to ensure completeness, on-time, and error free delivery to help support the business and meet financial goals.

Your Accountabilities In The Role:

• Performs day to day AP processes ensuring a streamlined, automated, and accurate process.
• Validates vendor invoices, monthly accrued purchase reconciliation, vendor statement review, and invoice receipts to ensure accurate and timely AP processing.
• Reconciles accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of any discrepancies.
• Processes and handles payroll and related processes ensuring complete, on-time and compliant processing.
• Handles general accounting and transactional processes, such as entering and verifying journal entries, preparing and reviewing reconciliations, assisting with the daily/month-end/year-end closing activities and financial reports to help meet compliance and financial requirements.
• Assists with special projects such as sales/use tax, inventory management in the financials, and other items to support the team.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvements and automation within the accounting and finance functions to enhance efficiency.

Position Requirements:

• Education: Associates Degree in Business, Accounting or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience would be desired.
• Experience: 3 years of accounts payable and general accounting functions, with a solid working knowledge of general accounting procedures. Payroll experience would be a plus.
• Certification(s): N/a
• Functional Skills: Strong planning, prioritization, coordination, organization and detail-oriented skills are required to perform well in this role. Highly process-oriented. Advanced research, analytical, math and journal entry skills are needed. Able to manage multiple priorities effectively to meet department goals and deadlines. High sense of urgency to pay invoices on time. Able to work through problems and solve with internal/external partners.
• Technology Aptitude/Skills: Proficient skillset in Word & Excel.
• Language Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with others effectively via email or on the phone.
• Leadership/Behaviors: Customer-service oriented to support the team and vendors, compliance-oriented, data-focused, who can work independently in a fast-paced environment, dependable and can handle confidential matters appropriately.
• Culture Match: Respectful of team members and policies, goal and customer-focused; has the ability to stay focused on quality, as well as being efficient to produce a high level of output on the job. Requires an excellent work ethic with the ability to learn and problem-solve.

If this sounds like you, then you will enjoy this role!

Other Important Information:

Position Status & Salary: Pay is negotiable based on years of experience.

And, the compensation will grow as the team member grows!

Reports To: Business & Finance Manager

Core Hours: Monday to Friday; Standard Business Hours (8 hours within 7:30 am - 5:00 pm)

Travel: Limited; less than 5%

Work Conditions: Standard office environment with moderate noise; may be required to wear PPE while visiting manufacturing areas.