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AP Accountant
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An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
$74,768 / year median in South Carolina
+8% projected growth
Job Description
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AP Accountant Job Summary:
Responsible for purchasing, checking, and monitoring the company's materials, controlling the company's raw and auxiliary materials. Responsible for checking and monitoring the company's fixed assets to guarantee the safety and completeness of the fixed assets and the safety of funds.Job Functions:
Review the sales system's expenses, compare the budgets, find out and analyze the reasons of inconsistency and report the reasons to Accounting ManagerReview the consistency of the purchased materials'quantity, category and unit price with the contractual terms according to the contract, invoices and materials receiving notes as well as check the legality of invoices Review whether the shipment notes of daily materials are consistent with the material requisition or whether the notes are correctly filled out; review whether the material requisition department's filing is correct or whether the material requisition business is normalWhen there is any business requires advance payment without the warehousing of goods (labor service), it is required to investigate the other party's credit standing and finance conditions, and the payment for goods can only be paid after responsible leader's approval; implement the responsible person's tracking and obtain the corresponding goods (labor service) and official invoices within the specified time of periodResponsible for supervising the compensation claim and settlement of material procurement Responsible for preparing the accounting statements and analysis statements (such as the monthly material analysis report and material cost variation analysis, etc.) related to the materials Responsible for regularly checking the accounts with main suppliers to guarantee the consistency of both parties' accounts; if there is any inconsistency, Procurement Department should offer assistance to investigate the reasons as soon as possible and make corresponding adjustments Conduct the system accounting and check whether procurement orders built by Procurement Department are consistent with the contractual terms Carry out the inventory check system to guarantee the consistency of accounts; timely find out the reasons of any inconsistency and investigate the responsibility Monitor the inventory status and timely report the overstocked materials to the management for handling Responsible for the reimbursement of asset procurement and controlling the procurement expenses Responsible for reviewing the application for asset procurement Correctly maintain the financial information of assets and correctly withdraw the depreciation of fixed assets Timely transfer the fixed assets of construction in progress according to the accounting system and supervise the progress of acceptance inspection of the construction in progress Responsible for the machine account registration, numbering identification, internal transfer and other management work of the fixed assets Carry out the inventory check system to guarantee the consistency of accounts; timely find out the reasons of any inconsistency and investigate the responsibilityReview the invoices receipts and timely collect the funds correctly Other duties as assigned Nothing in the Position Description restricts management's right to assign or re-assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any timeQualifications Languages spoken commonly in the workplace are English and Mandarin. Ability to read, understand and comprehend documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.Ability to speak effectively and interact with other team members,engineers, leadership and customers1+ years of experience in accounting; Undergraduate or above; good professional integrity and working attitude (accounting major preferred) The employee is regularly required o stand or sit for long periods. Duties will include long periods of viewing a computer monitorAbility to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimalsAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variablesKnowledge of and familiarity manufacturing softwareProficient in Office softwareGood communication skills and language abilityCompany process and job characteristicsCompany's regulations and relevant laws and rules Company's finance management and financial accounting system Operation of ORACLE or similar systems Familiar with tax laws and regulations Financial accounting Significant experience in planning, organization and coordinationDemonstrated skills in communications and persuasion with fellow employees and subordinatesDemonstrated skills in financial analysisExcellent observational skills and ability to work under pressureTrained in financial accounting, management accounting and budgetingTrained in ORACLE and other kinds of ERP systemsTrained in certain kinds of management skills and leadership