Position Overview: The General Accountant is a unique role that supports different corporate finance and accounting activities, including but not limited to accounts payable, general accounting, and treasury. The role requires an individual that has a strong work ethic, the ability to work in a dynamic environment, values teamwork, and can work with confidential information.

General Accounting:

• Prepare and enter month-end journal entries for corporate and strategic business units (SBUs)
• Prepare and enter monthly intercompany transactions, and provide supporting information for month-end eliminations
• Analyze monthly cost center spend levels, comparing to budget or forecast, and report out on variances
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and other general ledger account reconciliations and investigate and resolve any differences
• Maintain the accounting schedules for IT contracts and insurance premium activity
• Provide support for sales & use tax reporting for corporate
• Process travel and entertainment expense reports
• Maintain the monthly capital expenditures details and provide summary details to the executive team
• Maintain quarterly unclaimed property

Accounts Payable:

• Backup for vendor management, including master records and vendor form maintenance
• Become familiar with invoice handling processes and develop ideas for streamlining
• Process access requests/modifications for ImageNow and modify approval trees when needed
• 1099 preparation and distribution

Other Areas of Importance:

• Assist with corporate cost center budget and forecast activities
• Develop knowledge of key systems, such as SAP and other High specific platforms
• Support the audit through pulling detail support requested by the auditors
• Support the gift card program management
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, prepare proposals and implement changes
• Ad hoc requests and projects as necessary

Educational & Professional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with major in Accounting/Finance or Business or 3-5 years related experience.
• Expected to work independently, working under the general direction of the Manager, Accounting.
• Required maturity and a high level of professionalism coupled with good interpersonal and communication skills.

Working for High Company LLC:

• Tuition Assistance with 100 percent reimbursement for approved courses and degree programs which are job related and approved in advance by your supervisor.
• Employee Assistance Program provides professional, confidential assistance for any type of personal issue you or your eligible dependents are experiencing.
• High Family Foundation Scholarship is awarded annually to the children of High co-workers working at least 1,000 hours per year and employed for at least two years. Recipients are awarded $4,000 for each year they are enrolled in a two- or four-year accredited degree program.
• Recognition programs, including the Good Measure Award presented periodically to an individual or team from each of the High companies who exemplifies The High Philosophy and who has gone above and beyond normal job responsibilities to provide "Good Measure."
• Excellent benefits including medical, dental and vision available for full-time coworkers. Vacation is offered to regular full-time coworkers and is earned annually on your anniversary date. You may carry over a portion of your hours into the next anniversary year.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match.

Education

• Bachelors or better in Accounting or related field

Behaviors

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)