Staff Accountant

Job Purpose

Albany International is seeking a Staff Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting (CAFR) team inour Rochester, NH location.

As a Staff Accountant on the CAFR team, you will report to the Accounting Supervisor, and own assigned areas that contribute to Corporate close and consolidation, including procedures that help ensure financial transactions are recorded accurately and timely. This role will include maintaining financial records and reports, posting journal entries, completing account reconciliations, and assisting in the financial statement and disclosure preparation for internal and external reporting. If you are a motivated accounting professional with a desire to learn and gain exposure at an innovative company with global reach, then this is a great role for you!

Job Responsibilities

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to exhibit the following core company values: Safety, Accountability, Respect, Integrity, Passion and Innovation.

• Become proficient in our ERP system SAP, post journal entries, review ledger detail, and gain an understanding of the underlying transactions,
• Own the mapping and posting of trial balance activity for legal entities on different ledger systems, and perform reviews of performance of such entities for reasonableness,
• Contribute to the performance of controls around consolidation of financial results, specifically around monitoring legal entity loading, intercompany eliminations and translation,
• Own assigned topics within Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting team in support of company-wide month-end close activities,
• Support Internal and External reporting, including preparation of consolidated Income Statements and Balance Sheets and related disclosures, as well as benefit plan reporting,
• Perform account reconciliations,
• Perform various SOX controls,
• Liaise with both internal and external auditors,
• Occasional, but less than 10%, travel to various company locations

Qualifications/Characteristics

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting,
• Early career with up to 3 years of experience,
• Basic understanding of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
• Foundational knowledge of public company requirements, including SEC reporting regulations and SOX
• US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply, we are unable to sponsor at this time.

Required Critical Attributes

• Team-player mindset;
• Unquestioned integrity, moral character, ethics and values
• Learning, development, and people focused
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to succeed in a fast paced and dynamic environment

Working Conditions

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Physical requirements

• Sit and use hands and fingers to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard on a frequent basis
• Occasionally stand, walk, reach with arms and hands to work within the business environment
• Have close vision
• Talk and hear to interact with internal and external customers