Veterans Preferred - Sr. Accounting Analyst

Company: Airgas
Location: Long Beach
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10048793 Sr. Accounting Analyst (Open)

Location:
Long Beach, CA - Management - West BSC

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Senior Accounting Analyst will support the business objectives based on the Controller organization's scope of responsibility. The major areas of responsibility will include: financial accounting and reporting, including month-end close processes; general ledger account analyses, reconciliation review; preparation and posting of journal entries; research, analyses and reporting; internal reporting requests related to Division, Regional branches and Corporate; fulfilling requests related to internal/external audit and other ad hoc analyses and special projects.

This role will also liaison with the ALABS shared services including; accounts payable, cash applications, central billing, vendor chargebacks, general ledger accounting, and fixed asset functions as defined in the Airgas + ALABS RACI matrix.

Target Annual Salary: $85,000 - $95,000

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:

• Month-end procedures, including the preparation and posting of journal entries including:
  
  • General Accounting / Accruals, as noted below
    
  • Inventory / Stock (Mass Balance)
    
  • Product Costing
    
  • Perform tasks ensuring accurate financial and statistical close processes, in conjunction with ALABS, including general ledger account reconciliations and other analyses within established timelines. Direct responsibility will include:
    
    • Significant sales accruals, that are not based on a standard report/calculation.
      
    • Significant COS & OPEX accruals, that are not based on a standard report/calculation.
      
    • Localized accounting topics including, but not limited to, real estate taxes and personal property taxes.
      
    • Ad-hoc entries arising from the month end close review process
      
    • Perform the product costing process including:
      
      • Calculate, maintain, and update standard gas and hard-goods costs as required.
        
      • Preparation of daily Moving Average Price (MAP) analysis.
        
      • Cost of sales account analysis, research and preparation of account reconciliations.
        
      • Preparation of reports and other information related to internal requests from the Division/branches as well as Corporate.
        
      • Participates in ongoing enhancements to accounting and reporting processes by leveraging systems and reporting tools to drive those enhancements.
        
      • Supports and provides direction as well as training to the teams accounting staff.
        
      • Ensures compliance with the Company's financial policies/procedures and other matters related to compliance.
        
      • This position must be able to build effective relationships with all levels of associates within the organization.
        
      • Other duties as assigned
        
        
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        Are you a MATCH?
        
        Required Education:
        
        • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
          
        • CPA and/or MBA in Finance/Accounting a plus
          
          
          Required Length & Type of Experience:
          
          • Minimum of three years financial reporting / financial accounting experience, public accounting experience and exposure to medium-to-large companies a plus.
            
          • Minimum of two years in a costing role in a manufacturing environment, with a focus on understanding produced vs procured costing, moving average price vs standard cost, and inventory analytics.
            
          • Advanced experience with SAP software a plus.
            
            
            Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
            
            • The Senior Accounting Analyst role of responsibilities requires that the positions incumbent enter with a solid understanding of general accounting matters and IFRS/GAAP.
              
            • Strong "client service" mindset and work well with internal customers as well as external parties.
              
            • Proven organizational, team-building and people skills. The ability to work and navigate within a complex matrixed organization.
              
            • Ability to assume increasing responsibilities in a rapidly-changing environment.
              
            • Ability to understand the impact on new technologies on processes and costs.
              
            • Intermediate computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Access), experience with SAP and/or ERP systems a plus.
              
            • Ability to manage multiple priorities while supporting divisional, local and corporate management and demands.
              
            • Experience integrating new technologies into day-to-day operations.
              
            • Vision, creativity and a quality mindset.
              
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              We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
              
              We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
              
              Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
              
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              Your differences enhance our performance
              
              At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
              
              We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
              
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              Equal Employment Opportunity Information
              
              We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
              
              Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
              
              Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .
              
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