Staff Accountant

Who We Are:

Challenge’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!

Together we own Safety! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!

Who We Want:

Responsible for maintaining financial procedures and confirming financial compliance through preparation of financial reports and statements.

What You’ll Do:

• Assist with analysis to bridge actual consolidated company performance compared with plan.
• Assist with quarterly management discussion and analysis including company performance summaries, capital expenditure budget to actual analysis, and company covenant calculations.
• Identify and post certain journal entries
• Assist with monthly financial reporting package detailing corporate performance
• Assist monthly balance sheet reconciliation detail
• Assist with monthly borrowing base calculations for company's third-party lenders
• Support the Company with annual 3rd-party audit requests including bank audits, and the annual company audit
• Support the Company with annual 3rd-party tax requests and tax schedules
• Assist with annual 1099 filings
• Assist with corporate tax filings for various LLC's and corporations across various jurisdictions
• Coordinate property tax filings with third party vendor
• Coordinate non-recurring projects with the Company's senior leadership
• Coordinate bi-weekly check request for management's review with payment summaries
• Assist the accounts receivable and accounts payable departments with supplier account reconciliations and following up on past due invoices

When and Where:

This will be a full time position located at our Corporate Office in Walker, MI. 

What You Need to Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting
• 1-3 years of experience with increasing responsibility

• CPA designation preferred
• Maintains confidentiality, operates at highest level of professional integrity
• Has high standards of performance for self. 
• Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.
• Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
• Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress.
• Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.
• Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships
• Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.
• Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to perform all aspects of job; rotates through all job responsibilities. 
• Maintains knowledge and skills to perform job effectively.
• Has ability to focus on benefits of change and see it as positive; approaches change or newness in constructive/objective manner; views change as learning opportunity.
• Looks for good in others; works collaboratively with others; shares information and knowledge.
• Is at work when scheduled and ensures coverage when absent; takes timely breaks/lunches; uses time wisely.
• Knowledge of financial statements and tax reporting requirements
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to finance and non-finance groups

What We Offer:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life, Voluntary Life and LTD, Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuitio