1 year contract Accountant role - Loveland, CO **Pay rate - $30/hr+ based on experience** Key Tasks: • Perform daily analysis of gross margin and inventory reports for one region of the company. • Work closely with the Branch Managers and Branch personnel to ensure accurate reporting of margins and inventory transactions. • Assist Regional Finance Managers and Analysts in researching any inventory transactions resulting in questionable margins or inventory levels. • Complete monthly SOX reports to ensure proper internal controls over inventory transactions. • Perform validity checks before posting inventory adjustments submitted by the branches. • Assist Division personnel with consignment inventory contracts. • Assist Division personnel with required yearly physical counts of inventory at each branch – including participation in physical counts of inventory, reconciliation of • • • inventory counts and adjusting of variances. • Accounting functions, including journal entries, account reconciliation and transactional review. • Special projects, and other duties as assigned by Inventory Supervisors, Operations Accounting Sr. Manager, or other Operations Accounting Management. • Approximately 5% travel for attendance at Regional/Divisional Meetings, visits to Branches, attendance at inventory counts/recounts. Skills: • Ability work well with variety of different business areas within the company. • Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. • Ability to prioritize and work with competing deadlines. • Strong verbal, written communication, strong computer (MS Office – Excel), analytical and organizational skills with a high attention to detail. • Ability to understand and analyze issues and apply accounting standards to reflect accurate financial reporting. • PeopleSoft and/or SAP experience a plus. • Strong integrity and business ethics. Qualifications: • BS/BA Degree in Accounting or Finance • 0-3 years of Accounting experience • Accounting designations not required ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.