You want to love what you do and love where you work. Gentex gives you the best of both worlds. A global technology company headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, Gentex is an 8-time winner of the Top Workplaces in Michigan.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Accountant III (Senior Accountant) plays a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, strengthening accounting processes, and supporting the integration of acquired companies into our standardized financial structure. This role focuses primarily on core accounting activities—general ledger integrity, close process excellence, financial analysis, and process improvement—while providing accounting input into our ERP environment as needed. This role also helps simplify and standardize accounting processes, ensure strong internal controls, and contributes to a smooth transition of new entities into our chart of accounts and reporting model.

This is an onsite position located in Holland, MI. It is not open to hybrid or remote work at this time.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analyses.

• Ensure accuracy and consistency of the general ledger across assigned accounts.

• Prepare and review financial reports and schedules to support internal and external reporting.

• Strengthen accounting controls, documentation, and process consistency.

• Provide financial analysis and insights to leadership, including performance trends and KPI support.

• Assist with audit requests and ensure compliance with US GAAP and internal policies.

• Contribute to simplifying and standardizing accounting workflows across entities.

• Participate in integration efforts for acquired companies, ensuring alignment with accounting policies and reporting structures.

• Support data validation, account mapping, and process readiness during system transitions.

• Work cross‑functionally with Accounting, Finance, and IT to ensure accounting requirements are correctly represented in Oracle.

• Assist with testing, processing documentation, and control enhancements related to accounting processes in ERP.

• Identify opportunities to streamline reconciliations, reporting, and operational accounting procedures.

• Other duties as assigned.
  

HOW YOU’LL DO IT

• Managing Complexity - Making a sense of complex, high volume of information to effectively solve problems.

• Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.

• Financial acumen - Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

• Situational adaptability - Ability to work with evolving systems, processes and structures, demonstrating the flexibility to adapt to changing environments, requirements and regulations.

• Maintaining a high level of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality with respect to company matters.

• Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.

WHAT TO BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience; strong understanding of US GAAP required.

• Solid general ledger, close process, and financial reporting experience.

• Experience working with ERP systems (Oracle preferred) from an accounting user perspective.

• Ability to analyze, understand, and simplify accounting processes and structures.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Current and continuing right to work in the United States without sponsorship.

WHAT WILL HELP

• CPA or actively pursuing CPA certification.

• Master's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.

• Experience supporting the integration of acquired entities or multi‑entity accounting environments.

• Exposure to process improvement methodologies.

• Strong Excel or data analysis capabilities; experience with reporting tools such as Power BI is a plus.

Gentex is an equal opportunity employer

Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.

Assistance

Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at recruiting@gentex.com. Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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