Why Choose Suddath to “Move” your Career to the Next Level?

At Suddath, you can be part of something special and inclusive!  Join a team that has a 100+ year reputation for excellence as an innovative, growing and financially stable company that is dedicated to promoting a culture that thrives on inclusion and diversity. From numerous awards to being recognized as one of the best places to work, Suddath offers a caring, family environment while providing relocation and logistics services to people and companies all around the world.

What We Offer!

• A competitive wage with a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching
• Weekly pay for hourly-paid employees.  Biweekly pay for salaried employees.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
• A tuition reimbursement plan where employees are encouraged to continue their education and development
• For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit https://suddath.com/about/careers/ and scroll down to view our employee benefits. 

Summary: 

Maintain financial records for the company

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare journal entries, General Ledger account analysis, roll forwards, and other analysis required for the month-end close.
• Editing and reconciling financial reports and providing resolutions for accounting issues.   Complete understanding of accounting principles and policies.
• Prepare and publish financial reports for management with understanding of causes of variances to prior month, previous year, and budgeted results.
• General Ledger account analysis
• Complete quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for A/R, Prepaid Expenses, Inventory, Other Assets & Liabilities / Reserves
• Special projects as required
• Calculation and reconciliation of commissions, referrals, audit and filing fees, rebates, etc.
• Understand and assist in management of financial controls
• Measure and Report on Aged variances, Aged payables, and Aged receivables
• Corporate compliance (Sudco)
• Assist in the management of Suddath International cost of funds
  • Interest on disbursements (client contract requirements)
  • Bank fees
  • Foreign currency (be involved in currency forecast meetings)
• Working knowledge of Accounting Operations (A/P, A/R, Billing, Document Mgmt)
  • Workload and workflow management
  • Identify process efficiencies     
• Internal and external service pact development
  • Suddath/Sentry International operational timings (accrual, variance, and documents)
  • Agent timings (communication, billing, and documents)

Job Requirements and preference

• Bachelor’s Degree and 2 years of experience in General Ledger Accounting (International and Intercompany transactional experience preferred but not required)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products with at least an intermediate level knowledge of excel (Vlookups, pivot table, external content, etc.)
• Experience with Great Plains would be helpful but not required.
• Prior experience in the moving industry is highly desired but also not required.
• Prior experience working with foreign currency is also desired but not required.
• Must be highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data and have excellent verbal/writing skills.
• Must be willing and able to work with several different departments/locations and manage multiple tasks daily.
• Excellent attention to detail and follow through.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Experienced professional with 1-3 years experience in corporate accounting and general ledger; some corporate income tax experience preferred; Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required

Language Ability:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Math Ability:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel 

Certificates and Licenses:

No certifications needed

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The Suddath Companies is a multifaceted group of companies that specialize in worldwide corporate employee relocations, household moving, warehouse and logistics management and specialized transportation services.

The Suddath Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.