Accountant II

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

12d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for reconciling payroll tax and benefit liability accounts, performing variance analysis, identifying drivers, and making necessary adjustment journal entries. The Accountant II will also reconcile corporate payroll bank account activity, ensuring accurate, timely, and consistent accounting entries. This position involves performing balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis, resolving account discrepancies, and preparing and posting complex journal entries to the General Ledger. Additionally, the role assists with shared service allocations, inter-company monthly billing, month-end and year-end close processes, and obtaining information from internal departments. The Accountant II will also support internal and external auditors and maintain functions in accordance with finance policies, GAAP, FASB, and internal control standards, while keeping departmental checklists and procedures current. Non-essential functions include presenting a professional image, promoting positive employee relations, and operating ethically to protect the company's image.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• Minimum five (5) or more years of accounting experience
• Experience with Payroll reconciliations, complex journal entries, inter-company transactions and balance sheets reconciliations required
• Solid understanding of full payroll cycle
• Must have strong skills in Microsoft Excel, and other Microsoft Office programs
• Must possess excellent time management skills, organizational skills, and interpersonal skills
• Must be detail oriented and have strong analytical skills
• Intermediate to advance knowledge of major accounting software packages
• Capable of handling advanced accounting concepts with minimal supervision and ability to work within deadlines
• Must have knowledge of, and be able to apply, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Must possess strong communication and listening skills, excellent speaking, reading and writing
• Comprehend and use technical or professional language, either written or spoken, to communicate complex ideas
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization

Nice To Haves

• Infinium ERP system knowledge preferred

Responsibilities

• Reconciles Payroll tax and benefit liability accounts, perform variance analysis, identify drivers and make adjustment journal entries as necessary
• Reconcile corporate payroll bank account activity and assure that related accounting entries are accurate, timely, and consistently recorded
• Efficiently communicates and partners with payroll department to research and resolve reconciliation variances
• Performs balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis
• Resolves account discrepancies by researching, verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions
• Prepares and posts complex Journal entries to General Ledger
• Assists with Shared Service allocations and inter-company monthly billing
• Assists with month-end and year-end close
• Efficiently communicates and works with internal departments to obtain information as required
• Assists with internal and external auditors as needed
• Required to maintain functions in accordance with finance policies and practices, GAAP, FASB and other internal control standards
• Keeps current any departmental check list or procedures

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level