Accountant II
- Salary
- $92K–$100K
- Hiring from
- United States
- Work type
- Hybrid
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We value passion, energy, and enthusiasm to ignite transformation in our industry.
Start your career journey with ChemPoint! Be part of our team that is transforming the chemical, ingredient, and industrial finished products industry.
Primary Purpose:
The Accountant II role is primarily responsible for technology and fixed asset accounting, including tracking Capital in Progress, allocating capital expenditures to specific projects, evaluating operating expense versus capital expenditure treatment and allocation rates, reconciling vendor transactions and project costs, adding completed assets in the ERP, and running and reconciling depreciation and amortization. The role also supports monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting and financial reporting for North America and EMEA legal entities through journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and end-to-end intercompany accounting, including settlements and elimination support. Additional responsibilities include supporting state and local sales and use tax and European VAT compliance, maintaining audit-ready documentation, completing assigned SOX control activities, and preparing PBC schedules and other support for internal and external audits.
What You'll Do:
• Perform technology and fixed asset accounting, including tracking Capital in Progress (CIP) and allocating capital expenditures to specific projects.
• Review vendor transactions and reconcile vendor amounts to project records and the general ledger.
• Determine and document appropriate operating expense versus capital expenditure allocation rates in accordance with company policy.
• Maintain project and fixed asset records.
• Add completed fixed assets in the ERP system and place assets into service.
• Run and reconcile depreciation and amortization schedules.
• Prepare asset transfers, disposals, and impairment entries.
• Maintain audit-ready supporting documentation for fixed asset activities.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual general ledger and financial statement reporting.
• Record journal entries and prepare financial and supplementary reporting for leadership.
• Manage end-to-end accounting for intercompany transactions across North America and EMEA legal entities, including recording, reconciling, investigating variances, coordinating settlements, and supporting elimination entries.
• Support audit activities, including preparation of PBC schedules and supporting documentation.
• Assist with audit walkthroughs and respond to annual, interim, internal, and external audit requests.
• Support annual bank audits, inventory audits, and internal SOX testing.
• Prepare assigned balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations.
• Investigate reconciling items, prepare necessary adjustments, and maintain supporting documentation.
• Support state and local sales and use tax compliance activities.
• Assist with European VAT activities, including reconciliations, filing support, variance research, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external tax advisors.
• Share accounting knowledge and provide task-level guidance to team members as needed.
• Support ad hoc projects and perform other accounting duties as assigned.
What You'll Need:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience.
• 2 or more years of corporate accounting or financial reporting experience; multi-entity, multi-currency, subledger, and general ledger experience preferred.
• Experience with fixed assets, capital projects, software capitalization, intercompany accounting, and reconciliations.
• Sales/use tax and European VAT exposure preferred, with strong documentation, prioritization, research, and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, formulas, validation, reconciliations, and large data sets.
• Knowledge of technology-project capitalization, OpEx/CapEx allocation, Capital in Progress, project closeout, and placed-in-service controls.
• Ability to reconcile fixed asset, intercompany, sales/use tax, and VAT accounts and resolve coding, timing, currency, and settlement differences.
• FloQast, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and OneStream experience preferred.
Where You'll Work:
This is a hybrid role in Bellevue, WA
Pay and Benefits:
- The salary range for this position is $92,000 – $100,000 annually.
- The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.
- Available employee benefits include health, vision, dental coverage, along with industry-leading retirement and time off programs.
What You Can Expect:
Strong work/life flexibility.
- To be surrounded by an inclusive team who is collaborative and committed to the achievement of the company.
- To be rewarded for your contributions with a targeted annual company bonus and annual salary reviews.
- Competitive pay and benefits.
We are ChemPoint. We are fanatical about every customer and supplier interaction and dedicated to reaching customers and delivering actionable insights to enable producer success. We’re the leader in the marketing, sales, and distribution of specialty and fine chemicals. ChemPoint represents over 70 suppliers and 220 product lines in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
ChemPoint supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!
We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges and respects the unique experiences, perspectives, and expertise of every employee. Through our dedicated Employee Resource Networks, we provide the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry while making a difference in our communities.
ChemPoint is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the hiring process, please contact us at careers@univarsolutions.com.
ChemPoint does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms (collectively Recruiting Firms). Recruiting Firms must enter into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with ChemPoint prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. All searches must be initiated by ChemPoint's Talent Acquisition team and candidates must be submitted via Applicant Tracking System (ATS) by approved vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless the aforementioned conditions have been met. Contacting our hiring managers directly is prohibited.
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