**Job Description:** **Are you an accounting professional hungry for the chance to collaborate across the business landscape and leave your imprint?** Bernard, an ITW company, is seeking to add an onsite Accounting Manager to their team of accounting professionals in Beecher, IL. As the Accounting Manager, your responsibilities extend far beyond managing the financial records. In this key position you're a highly visible catalyst for efficiency improvements, working closely with the Divisional Controller to streamline processes, contributing to Annual Planning, and dissecting key business metrics that inform our decisions. If you're seeking a role where your contributions directly shape our business's success, all while embracing innovation, this may be the position you have been seeking. **What you will do and impact:** **Accounting Management, Analysis and Reporting:** + Manage the monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial closing processes, account reconciliations, and prepare annual tax reporting. + Ensure accurate and timely recording, analysis, and reporting of financial transactions in compliance with applicable accounting guidelines. + Prepare accurate management reporting and communicate the results effectively. + Ensure the integrity of data. Monitor and analyze financial performance, identify trends, and provide meaningful insights to management for strategic decision-making. + Leverage available tools and technologies to analyze data to support process improvements and operational decisions. **Team Leadership and Development:** + Work with department managers to understand departmental expenses, create outlook and planned departmental expenses, and segment P/Ls. + Assist employees in understanding how decisions impact the financials, identify and communicate key business drivers, and provide training to enhance overall financial awareness. **Cross Functional Collaboration:** + Supports inventory management by maintaining cost files, actively participating in establishing/maintaining inventory controls, maintain cycle count reporting and physical inventory exemption requests, and coordinating and running annual physical inventory. + Efficiently manages Accounts Receivable activities for the business unit, including working with the customer service department, coordinating with the Miller A/R department, and communicating with customers to solve discrepancies as required. + Backup to Payroll functions and work with Human Resources to ensure payroll accuracy. + Apply 80/20 thinking to reduce complexity and simplify processes. + Participate in cross-functional projects within the business. **What you need to do to be successful:** + **Cultivate Curiosity** : use a curious mindset and a strong desire for continuous learning, particularly regarding business processes and their influence on financial outcomes. + **Prioritize Effectively** : prioritization that aligns with business objectives. Exhibit high motivation, personal accountability, and coaching abilities to drive success. + **Drive Financial Improvements** : initiate and implement financial improvements that support and enhance business operations. + **Attention to Detail** : Be detail-oriented with robust problem-solving and organizational skills to ensure precision in financial management. + **Self-Starting Initiative:** Be an aggressive self-starter with the capacity to independently lead and execute projects with minimal direction. + **Effective Communication** : Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with customers, suppliers, and all team members, facilitating productive interactions. Ability to resolve issues in a timely manner. + **Adaptability** : Be able to adjust to a changing work environment, competing demands, frequent changes, delays and unexpected events. + **Data Analysis** : Be analytical, inquisitive, and crisp in explaining the story behind the numbers and a strong ability to understand macro and micro trends and quickly discern inaccuracies. **Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field plus a minimum of five years of related accounting experience. CPA or equivalent designation is preferred. + ERP and Financial Reporting software experience is required. Microsoft D365 experience is beneficial. + Computer proficiency, including excellent knowledge of MS Excel and MS Word is required. **Work Environment** The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Most time will be spent in an office environment.  Occasionally the employee may be required to spend time on the manufacturing floor.  Certain personal protective equipment is required when in the manufacturing areas. Work is normally performed in an office environment. **Physical Demands** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to type, finger, handle, control, or feel; reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 25 pounds. **Compensation Information:** **Compensation Information** We believe our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we invest in creating an environment where you can thrive—both personally and professionally.  For more details, visit our Benefits page (https://myitwhr.com/) . In addition, our benefits include paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental leave. The annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 – 125,000 annually. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. The company considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations. **Additional Information** _ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential._ _As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship._ _All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws._