Senior Analyst - General Accounting na Firstquality

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Senior Analyst - General Accounting for our First Quality Home Care Products, LCC located in Salt Lake City, UT.  This position will be responsible for transactional and analytical support for general accounting and financial reporting processes, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and accounting/financial projects as assigned.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Responsible for supporting monthly close activities, including creation and entry of all general ledger journal entries and timely drafting of financial statements and related schedules.
• Responsible for balance sheet reconciliations.
• Responsible for the preparation, coordination and documentation of financial analysis projects such as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, and working capital.
• Participates in intercompany initiatives to enhance financial reporting, strengthen standardization of financial processes, and enhance policy documentation and internal controls.
• Provides analysis for forward-looking financial and business-related projects. Prepares budgets/forecasts and analysis of trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, and other related areas.
• Provide financial support and analytics to a wide range of individuals and departments throughout the organization.
• May assume a team lead role as part of a project work group 
• A specialist on complex technical and business matters. 

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Typically requires 5 years of related experience
• MBA, CPA, and/or CMA preferred, but not required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience in ERP systems such as SAP
• Knowledge of US GAAP basic principles and elements of internal controls
• Understanding of manufacturing accounting environment
• Financial Analysis /Financial Forecasting
• Experience working independently and leading complex projects 

Competencies:

Fundamental FQ Competencies:

Customer Focus - Gains insight into internal customer needs. Builds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectations

Values Differences - Understands and seeks to learn from others' perspectives

Action Oriented -Identifies and seizes new opportunities, Displays a can-do attitude in good and bad times

Collaborates - Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives. Gains trust and support of others.

Instill Trust - Models high stands of honesty and integrity

Ensures Accountability - Acts with clear sense of ownership. Takes personal responsibility for decisions actions and failures.

Role-specific competencies and levels:​

Communicates effectively - Effective in a variety of communication settings: one -one, Small and large groups, or among diverse styles and positions levels. 

Self-development - Takes consistent action to develop new skills. Seeks assignments that stretch him / her beyond comfort zone.

Tech savvy - Readily learns and adopts new technologies

Optimizes work processes - Figures out the processes necessary to get things done. Thinks about the whole system ,Focuses efforts on continuous improvement.

Nimble learning - Enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks. Seeks new approaches to solve problems

Manages complexity - Asks the right questions to accurately analyze situation. Uncovers root causes to difficult problems

Business insight - Knows how businesses work and how organizations make money. Uses knowledge of business drivers and how strategies and tactics play out in the market to guide actions.

Courage ​- Readily tackles tough assignments ,Faces difficult issues and supports others who do the same.

Resourcefulness - Reaches out to different resources (SMEs, supervisors, etc) adequately, based on what needs to be accomplished.  ,Accomplishes objectives even when resources (time, people, etc.) are not sufficient.

Manages ambiguity - Deals comfortably with the uncertainty of change. Deals constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.

Cultivates innovation - Gets out of the comfort zone to experiment new way of looking at things. ,Presents new ideas.

Decision quality - Makes sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information ,Relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions.

Interpersonal savvy - Acts with diplomacy and tact. Builds rapport in an open, friendly, and accepting way.

Builds networks - Starts building relationships outside his/her group. Uses network beyond own immediate area to exchange ideas or get things done.

Plans and aligns - Prioritizes work to meet immediate needs. Manages progress status and performance. 

Balances stakeholders - Focus on meeting current expectations and needs of a number of stakeholders.

Organizational savvy - Understands the organization political structure. Follows proper organizational processes.

Being resilient - Remain motivates and energetic even during stressful times. While they might get impacted by seatbacks, eventually learns from it and recovers

Drives results - Result-orientated. Produces results in an efficient manner. Meets deadlines. Has a sense of urgency to get things done.

Persuades - Offers their own point of view. Articulates logical arguments to support position.

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
• ...and more!