Accountant (AP)

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About Us: 

At Bergkamp, we are a team proudly dedicated to the bigger purpose of making lives better by making roads better. We are people devoted to our craft with an all-in, respected team that has each other’s backs. We are relentless in our pursuit of excellence, innovation, and asking the bigger questions. We’re servant leaders, industry leaders, and good people that operate with Kansas values. What do we do? We manufacture some of the coolest heavy equipment that is used to make and keep asphalt roads in better shape—and when our customers succeed, communities across the world thrive with better infrastructure. We think it’s some of the most exciting stuff happening in infrastructure today.

The Way We Do Things: We believe that a team of people who are humble, hungry and smart will deliver superior performance over the sum total of talented individuals; therefore, we are committed to achieving our mission through teamwork while honoring our core values.

Humble – Puts the needs of the organization before themselves. Acknowledge each individual’s strengths and responsibilities. Is committed to the organization’s success.

Hungry - Active participation and engagement in department and company-wide initiatives. Demonstrates an eagerness for achieving results, learning, setting a positive example, and adding to the success of the team.

Smart - Understands the impact of their words and actions on other people. Demonstrates good judgment and intuition of group dynamics.

Job Purpose:

The Accountant (AP) performs professional accounting work requiring independent judgment, analytical skill, and a solid understanding of accounting principles. This role is responsible for maintaining accurate accounting records, supporting month‑end close and financial reporting, and managing the full accounts payable lifecycle. The position ensures compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and regulatory requirements and contributes to the continuous improvement of accounting processes. The role also provides cross‑functional backup support as needed.

Responsibilities:

Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Maintain, analyze, and prepare accounting records and financial reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to established accounting standards and internal policies.
• Apply accounting judgment in recording, classifying, and reconciling transactions, including capital expenditures.
• Prepare monthly supporting schedules and work papers used in the month‑end close and financial reporting process.
• Evaluate transactions for compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and applicable regulations.
• Maintain organized accounting documentation and records to support audits and internal reviews.
• Maintain use tax documentation and support compliance and reporting requirements.

Accounts Payable Oversight

• Independently manage the processing of vendor invoices and accounts payable transactions within the company ERP system.
• Exercise judgment to ensure vendor payments are processed accurately and in accordance with contractual terms using ACH, check, and wire payments.
• Reconcile open accounts payable transactions to general ledger accounts and investigate discrepancies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendor inquiries, resolve issues, and reconcile vendor statements.
• Maintain vendor records and oversee 1099 processing and reporting.
• Manage and reconcile petty cash in accordance with company policy.

Analysis, Collaboration & Professional Contribution

• Apply analytical skills to identify process improvements, resolve accounting issues, and enhance efficiency.
• Actively participate in team discussions, contributing professional insight and recommendations.
• Collaborate across departments to support financial accuracy and operational effectiveness.
• Serve as backup for Accounts Receivable responsibilities as needed to ensure continuity of operations.
• Provide backup phone coverage and administrative support, as required.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 1–3 years of progressively responsible accounting or accounts payable experience.
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing industry setting.
• Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated, work independently, as well as part of a collaborative team.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced skills in Excel, Outlook, and Teams for communication, scheduling, and data management.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact with internal and external customers and vendors. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, kneel, climb stairs, and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
2. The work environment is usually a well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor setting with adequate ventilation. Occasional exposure to outside elements. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally high.