Support monthly close with journal entries, account reconciliations, fixed asset accounting, expense report processing, ad hoc reporting, audit support, and process improvements. Prepare filings and cross-train for coverage while collaborating with leadership and other departments.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
The Staff Accountant supports the accounting department in the handling of monthly journal entries, account reconciliations (balance sheet, banking and P&L), fixed asset accounting, processing of expense reports, ad hoc reporting and audits. This role ensures that procedures and practices promote safety and soundness to mitigate fraud or inaccurate reporting utilizing independent judgment and expertise
Reports To
Assistant Controller
- Coordinate and participate in the monthly close process including: Preparing monthly journal entries (depreciation, payroll, prepaids, etc.), completing account reconciliations and updating various monthly financial reports
- Maintain accrual schedules (Accrued Expenses, Prepaid, etc.) to complete timely recognition of revenue and expense
- Perform monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts; complete reconciliations of expense accounts for reviewing financial results
- Maintain fixed assets in the subledger by ensuring proper departmental expense and appropriate depreciation
- Set up and maintain vendor account information for Accounts Payable
- Analyze P&L to ensure accuracy and predict future results; ability to concisely explain results to leadership
- Review, audit and record employee expense reports in the general ledger
- Ability to work in multiple systems and learn new systems as processes are improved
- Prepare supporting documentation and analytical information for external auditors
- Overall focus on process improvement, challenging the status quo and creating efficiencies
- Ability to work cross functionally to solve business problems and ensuring proper accounting policies and procedures
- Prepare and file State/Local filings as required
- Passionate about documenting procedures for cross training and backfill coverage
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
- CPA preferred but not required
- 1-3 years of accounting experience
- Advanced Excel skills required, including: VLOOKUP, SUMIFS and Pivot Tables
- Strong communication and organization skills
- Demonstrated time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work well with a team, but can manage their workload independently
- Enthusiastic, adaptable, and see challenges as an opportunity to grow
- Experience in Sage 300, TRUX, Platform, Tower, QuickBooks would be valuable in this role
Physical Demands / Environmental Factors
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
- Occasionally required to stand and walk
- Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Some regional travel required
$75,000-85,0000
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