Job Description

PROVIDING RIGHT SOLUTIONS FOR ALL FIRE PROTECTION NEEDS SINCE 1990.
International Fire Protection (IFP) is an Alabama-based values driven fire suppression company. We have charted our history and legacy on our purpose of building meaningful relationships while making the world a safer place. Therefore, LIFE SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS, as such, we promise to be the trusted leader in fire protection, delivering the highest quality life safety solutions with commitment to customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Health, Dental, Vision
• Flex Spending Accounts (health and dependent)
• 401(k), ESPP, Profit Sharing
• PTO & Company Paid Holidays
• EAP

Accounting Admin

This role will be responsible for supporting the accounting team for the corporate office. You will be exposed to accounting procedures and principles ranging from accounts payable and receivable procedures to financial statement, preparation, and analysis This role will be critical to ensuring the success of our business initiatives and core operations. You will also gain experience working with multiple branches and customers around the nation. We are a close-knit team and support one another in all that we do. There will always be help along the way.

ACCOUNTING ADMIN CORE COMPETENCIES

• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Financial Acumen: Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

ACCOUNTING ADMIN ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Accounting Manager, Accounts Receivable Specialist, Accounts Payable Specialist and Controller as needed in analysis, information trending, closing out month end processes or other general accounting/reconciliation.
• Assist accounting staff by gathering information for SOX audits
• Resolving purchase order, contract, invoice and/or payment discrepancies.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
• Meet individually with Branch and Division Leaders as required to discuss payment statuses to our vendors and employees along with Collection status from customers.

ACCOUNTING ADMIN EXPECTATIONS

• Consider fellow International Fire Protection Inc. teammates internal customers and treat them with a customer-focused approach. Build and nurture positive and respectful relationships throughout the company.
• Learn our business and become a business partner with a clear understanding of our industry, in addition to understanding the numbers.
• Learn and master Microsoft Dynamics AX; as needed, provide training to other employees on their specific roles in AX.
• Utilize excel and PowerBi to automate processes and increase efficiency.
• When working with Account Receivable, you will interact with customers. Be sure to balance both the need to collect with a customer service approach and interact courteously and professionally with external customers.
• Protect the company s value by keeping information confidential.

ACCOUNTING ADMIN JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor s degree in accounting or related field - preferred but not required.
• Understanding of Sarbanes Oxley regulation
• Intermediate Microsoft excel knowledge

LIMITATIONS and DISCLAIMER:

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an at-will basis.

International Fire Protection Inc. and its subsidiaries are affirmative action and equal opportunity employers, and do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

International Fire Protection