Staff Accountant - Optimal Inc.

Job Location: Plymouth, MI

Full-time opportunity

Compensation: Salary with Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Vacation, PTO, 401K, Etc.,)

Job Title: Staff Accountant

We are seeking an Staff Accountant with a minimum of 5+ years in work experience (Manufacturing industry experience will be a plus).

About us:

Optimal-EV is into the commercial EV sector with industry-leading performance, features, comfort, and durability. We integrate the best components through world class partnerships. Optimal-EV is the market leader in design, engineering and manufacturing of zero-emission electric low-floor shuttle buses and related mobility solutions. The Optimal-EV advantage ensures your zero-emission commercial, or shuttle bus fleets exceed expectations and deliver an unparalleled experience for companies, transit agencies, and passengers alike.

Job Description

Accounting Responsibilities:

• Banking: Monitor and reconcile bank transactions daily. Enter ACH activity and bank charges. Inform CEO of any unidentified transactions
• Monthly bank reconciliations.
• Monthly Line of Credit reporting preparation.
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintain and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
• Prepare accounts payable invoices and Accounts payable process. Perform internal credit card reconciliation.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Process all the company's financial statements and bank reporting.
• At the end of each month, a trial balance is run to verify that general ledger accounts are in balance and review accounts to be sure entries are accurate, recorded as required by GAAP on a timely basis.
• Prepare and entry all journal entries as required for pre-paid expenses, assets, accrual of liabilities, payroll and benefits, and other journal entries as needed.
• Maintain financial reports, records, and general ledgers; prepare and analyze budgets; and perform general bookkeeping.

Payroll responsibilities include:

• Collecting timesheets, New Hire Entries, utilizing 3rd party payroll system (Paylocity Systems), preparing, and processing employee payments, and maintaining accurate payroll records.
• Prepares reports by compiling summaries sector of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages.
• Full cycle Payroll.

• Knowledge on payroll liabilities of federal and state income and social security taxes and employer's social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments.

401K - Profit Sharing responsibilities include:

• Assist Auditor with IRS Annual 401(k) Audit Fee Disclosures, Plan Documents, Non-discriminating Testing & Form 5500.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required.
• 1-2years of relevant experience in accounting and payroll.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• 1+ years of experience with QuickBooks.
• ERP (NetSuite) experience is a plus.
• Detail oriented with results-driven problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced proactive environment.