Staff Accountant

Be yourself at Protolabs Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace.  So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply!  You can help make our company even better.  We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself.  We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.

Why Protolabs? We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.

Join our team as a Staff Accountant! This is a HYBRID role - onsite Tuesday-Thursday in Maple Plain, MN.

We are seeking a Staff Accountant to support our Americas accounting function within a dynamic global finance organization. This role, reporting to the Accounting Manager, will play a key part in the monthly close process and maintaining a strong internal control environment within a publicly traded company. This position combines hands-on accounting responsibilities and ownership of key processes and controls, making it ideal for a candidate who is detail-oriented, collaborative, and driven to improve processes in a fast-moving environment.

What You Will Do:

Prepare, review, and post journal entries across various accounting areas in support of the monthly close process

Perform and review account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of reconciling items

Support a fast-paced close process, including variance analysis and flux explanations

Maintain ownership of assigned areas of the general ledger, ensuring accounting is in accordance with U.S. GAAP

Drive continuous improvement initiatives across accounting processes, including close optimization, automation opportunities, and standardization

Maintain and enhance documentation of accounting processes and procedures

Serve as a control owner for key SOX controls

Support internal and external audit requests, including testing and documentation preparation

Partner with cross-functional teams across finance, operations, and other business functions

What You Will Bring

2+ years of Accounting experience

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Experience at a Public Accounting Firm

General Ledger Experience (Month-End Close, Account Reconciliation, Financial Reporting, General Accounting, Audit Support, Process Improvement, Prepaids, Accruals, Debits and Credits)

Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel

Strong oral and written communication skills

Ability to perform work in a self-directed manner

Must be able to work and communicate well within all levels of the organization

Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and flexibility to change is essential

What's In It For You:

We offer a competitive salary and total rewards package

We offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:

Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)

Dental and Vision

Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Paid caregiver leave

You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Wellness + Holiday Pay + Volunteer Hours

401k with company match and immediate vest

Employee Stock Purchase Program at a discounted rate

Matching grants through Protolabs foundation

And More!

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Physical Demands: While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Work Environment: Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.