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The better the connection you have, the better things work out. That's Panduit's philosophy - one that's made us us a world-class developer and provider of innovative electrical and networking solutions and services. By connecting with our people, we're able to focus on what drives them and foster the next generation of product development, right in our very own manufacturing plants. We're an industry leader with sales over $750 million, 4000 employees globally and 12 manufacturing plants. And if that's not enough, Panduit is ushering in a new, brighter future for ourselves, our customers, and our employees. It is with great anticipation and enthusiasm that we announce the construction of a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly world headquarters, opening Summer 2009.

Sr. Accountant

PANDUIT is a world-class developer and provider of leading-edge solutions that help customers optimize the physical infrastructure through simplification, increased agility and operational efficiency. PANDUIT’s Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) based solutions give Enterprises the capabilities to connect, manage and automate communications, computing, power, control and security systems for a smarter, unified business foundation.  

Sr. Accountant – Tinley Park, IL

The Senior Accountant is to prepare various accounting reconciliations, enter and verify accuracy of journal entries with very little direct supervision. This accountant should have a broad knowledge of the accounting policies, computer systems, and procedures and the ability to create and develop accounting policies and procedures. The Senior Accountant should be able to make recommendations on financial management issues and provide advice and assistance to departmental managers and upper management. The Senior Accountant should be able provide training assistance when required. Special projects or accounting functions may be assigned to the Senior Accountant.  Support SSC staff as problems or questions arise in their processes.  Review and advise foreign subsidiaries on accounting issues.

The Sr. Accountant will be a key contributor in the following areas:

Accounting

·         Create and implement organizational accounting standards, methods, and procedures.

·         Design and interpret varied and complex financial reports.  Identify and correct errors in financial reports.

·         Develop and implement accounting practices based on GAAP. 

·         Monitor industry accounting methods. 

·         Takes the lead in designing, customizing, and creating complex reports. 

·         Monitor and maintain the quality and accuracy of G/L data. 

Plays a leadership role on G/L policies and best practices.

General Account Reconciliations:

·         Prepare analysis  and account reconciliations on major accruals/Balance Sheet Accounts

Review worldwide balances in Cumulative Translation Gain/Loss for reasonableness, perform accuracy checks of those balances failing to meet this “reasonableness” test

Monthly Closing:

·         Generate Corp. journal entries that cannot be transitioned to the Shared Service Center (SSC) and manual journal entries as needed

·         Review foreign affiliate monthly trial balances for reasonableness

·         Run Allocations, Translations and Consolidations

Research and resolve issues that arise during close process

Annual Audit

·         Facilitate/manage audit preparedness process

Prepare audit schedules

Requirements:

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA preferred

·         5-8 years of previous experience in accounting field

·         Hands-on experience with rates of return, depreciation, working capital and investments.  Familiar with each of the line items of common financial reports, as well as varied financial factors that impact the organization’s bottom line.  Familiar with major financial instruments available in the market.  Able to recognize and analyze problems with financial methods and procedures.

·         In depth knowledge and experience with a full range of financial record keeping tools.  Creates and implements organizational standards, methods, and procedures for financial record keeping.

·         Extensive experience using a variety of financial report writing tools.  Contributes to the updating or establishment of organizational standards for financial reports.

·         Basic understanding of the purpose and intent of tax laws and regulations.

·         Hands-on experience collecting and preparing required budget information.  Understands the functions and features of budgeting tools.

·         Extensive experience developing and implementing accounting practices based on GAAP.  Identifies, recommends, and implements specific interpretations of GAAP.  Monitors industry experiences with accounting methods, tools, and techniques.

·         Significant experience managing enterprise-wide general ledger processing.  Understands G/L considerations for multi-national or global environments.

Hands-on experience using standard costing methods.

Benefits:

Panduit recognizes the large contribution made by our employees. Panduit rewards our employees by offering competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package that provides financial security, as well as the opportunity for employees to support and improve their professional and personal lives.

Employees are offered a variety of health insurance choices depending on their needs and location.  Our retirement plan, which includes a pre-tax 401(k) with an employer matching contribution and a company sponsored profit sharing component, is designed to provide financial security in retirement.

We offer professional development through an excellent in-house training program and a tuition reimbursement program. In addition to paid holidays and vacation. We also offer many resources to help you manage your life outside of work, including an Employee Assistance Program, personal development programs,