Financial Accountant

Job Description
The Financial Accountant assists with month end close tasks, completes weekly and bi-weekly payroll and related journal entries, ensures accuracy of production labor hours as well as maintains Fixed Assets and depreciation for US locations and some Rail foreign entities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist with month end close, prepare, and post journal entries
- Explain and document month end variances on payroll ledger accounts and fixed asset accounts
- Process weekly, temporary labor, bi-weekly hourly payroll and assist with payroll questions
- Prepare and post standard and non-standard journal entries related to payroll
- Prepare labor hours reporting for Operations
- Provide Payroll reporting for government contracts (weekly payrolls)
- Perform monthly G/L reconciliations
- Collaborate with Cost Accounting and IT to ensure accuracy of daily production labor
- Import and reconcile production labor hours
- Close production orders
- Maintain Fixed Asset Ledger for US locations including monthly depreciation entries
- Lead the annual budget review and input for capital projects for Operations
- Track completion of fixed asset projects and close projects once completed
- Prepare depreciation ledger for Rail US locations and Rail foreign entities
- Update and maintain fixed assets standard operating procedures
- Prepare monthly Management Report for capital spend
- Prepare fixed asset portion of quarterly tax package and T-99
- Review GL account coding for manufacturing purchase orders
- Process and manage property taxes with third party vendor and asset information for property tax assessment for insurance
- Prepare documents for company auto registration new and renewals, titles, tax, and review quarterly with fixed assets.
- Special projects related to fixed assets and payroll, as needed