Senior Staff Accountant

Company Description

Current has completed the acquisition of Hubbell® Incorporated’s commercial and industrial (C&I) lighting business, creating a premier end-to-end lighting solutions business. This brought together two iconic businesses with deep innovation heritage, strong brands and application expertise and allows Current to be strategically positioned to now focus all investments into lighting and controls solutions. We have an enhanced distribution footprint and digital tools to service customer needs more easily, quickly and efficiently, and strong new product pipelines and shared patented technologies to deliver added value to customers. Primary office locations are Cleveland, OH and Greenville, SC, with centers of expertise locations in Austin, TX, Rolling Meadows, IL and Quebec, Canada. Manufacturing operations reside in Hendersonville, NC, Pittsburgh, PA, Plympton, MA, Christiansburg, VA, Acuna, MX and Tijuana, MX.

Job Description

The Sr. Staff Accountant will be responsible for sales and use tax, property tax coordination, payroll, freight, and account reconciliations, closing responsibilities, and audit questions.  The position will report into the Assistant Controller.  The leader will partner closely with the other members of the finance team in Cleveland, as well as the EXL in India.  

Work location is Greenville, SC or Beachwood, OH with onsite requirement of a minimum of four days per week in the office.  

Essential Responsibilities:

Finance and Accounting Leadership:   

• Assist with internal, external and SOX compliance audits as requested by Accounting management
• Alert management of any issues that need to be corrected to prevent future exposure related to the areas of responsibility in warranty, buying groups, vendor rebates, and deductions.
• Manage the accounting for the warranty process for HLI.  This includes understanding the amounts that run through the warranty P&L accounts as well as the lag accrual for warranty.
• Manage the vendor rebate process, maintain documentation, account for rebates in the correct accounting periods
• Responsible for assisting with accounts receivable deductions as requested by the accounts receivable team.  This involves working with customers to resolve disputes.
• Manage the accounting and reporting for the off-invoice buying group discounts
• Responsible for ensuring that all property taxes, license fees (city and state), and any other miscellaneous taxes are pain in a timely manner

Qualifications

The desired candidate will have strong mathematical and analytical skills, be proficient in word processing and spreadsheet software.  The candidate  will have excellent oral and written communication skills and will have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.   

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years professional experience in accounting and/or finance, and/or customer service
• Microsoft Office experience and strong proficiency in Excel
• SAP and BI experience preferred 

Compensation

The position has a compensation package inclusive of base, bonus (if eligible), benefits, 401k contribution, time off, recognition awards and more.  This salary range is 80,000-100,000. 

Benefits and Perks

The Highlights:

All around competitive culture where together we strive to:

• Approach each day with a tenacious curiosity
• Communicate openly and honestly- internally and externally
• Work hard, take risks, fail fast…learn and move on
• Embrace diversity and welcome opposing thoughts
• Empower and develop each other
• We have an open and inclusive culture where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:
  • Quarterly company all employee meetings
  • Management and Leadership development
  • Initiatives and special projects with executive leadership exposure
  • Access to top-notch learning courses through LinkedIn Learning
  • Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth

Our more standard benefits

• Full-time exempt roles have a Permissive Time Off Policy, giving you flexibility to rest, relax and recharge away from work
• Paid Company Holidays
• A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match

Additional Information

Current is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or