Intermediate Accounting Associate

Every person is unique, but we all have something in common: the need for safe, clean water. And it’s only by bringing together people with diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds that we can solve the complex water problems of our changing world.

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At Trojan Technologies we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, **hybrid** working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a **hybrid** work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company location identified above and part-time remotely from your home. Additional information about this hybrid work arrangement will be provided by your interview team.

**The Opportunity**:
**As an Intermediate Accounting Associate, you will**:
**Month-End Close**:

- Supports the month end process including recording journal entries, as required, and reconciliations.
- Assistance preparing monthly financial statements.
- Contribute to detailed cost center analysis, research irregularities, and propose corrections.
- Assist the Controller to perform initial financial department audits to ensure compliance with accounting policies.
- Assist and support intercompany reconciliation.
- Assist and support intercompany transfers as required
- Support project accounting to ensure proper treatment of multiple element arrangements, revenue recognition, and accounting for project obligations.

**Additional Job Duties**:

- Manage transactional activity to ensure projects are properly closed and accounted for in the local ERP.
- Prepare annual assessment and calculations for labor and overhead rates, distribute to required functions and manage ERP input for proper cost calculations on projects.
- Prepare bad debt analysis and required accruals
- Communicate and ensure compliance of accounting policies and procedures.
- Actively participate in team projects, including but not limited to SOX testing and audits.
- Successfully manage competing priorities in a deadline driven environment.
- Partner with accounting teams to analyze balance sheet and P&L variances to forecast.
- Responsible for warranty accrual and analysis
- Responsible for monthly WIP (project work-in process) inventory reviews with project teams to ensure accurate balances reported
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual stats required

**Danaher Business System (DBS)**:

- Embrace and utilize a culture with regular kaizen activities, leveraging daily management and continuous process improvement to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.
- Continuously improve our execution plans for projects, drive improvements thru Danaher Business System tool
- Ability to travel 10% of time

**Are you qualified? The essential requirements of the job include**:
**Education/Experience**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required
- Working knowledge of US GAAP required
- 3-5 years of progressive finance and accounting experience

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Experience in Management Accounting (i.e. understanding of entries/double entries in finance)
- Experience with budgets, P&L, and balance sheet
- Intermediate Excel skills (including v-lookup and formula execution)
- Detail oriented with a critical degree of accuracy regarding data entry and analysis
- Use of financial reporting tools including experience with a large ERP, Hyperian (Onestream), Power BI

**It would be a plus** if you also possess**:

- Experience in project accounting
- Advantage in holding, or close to obtaining, a professional accounting designation - CPA, CMA
- Knowledge of absorption accounting
- Knowledge of municipal and industrial water market landscape

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful **Danaher Business System** tools and the stability of a tested organization.

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