Accountant

Orange County Fair and Events Center • Costa Mesa, CA

7h • $21 - $30

About The Position

The OC Fair & Event Center Accountant prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, conformance to reporting and procedural standards. This is a temporary, seasonal position with full time hours, not to exceed 122 days. TO APPLY PLEASE VISIT: www.ocfair.com/jobs

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting
• 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and best practices.
• Demonstrated accuracy and strong attention to detail with the ability to manage and analyze large amounts of data.
• Must be very analytical and skilled in math applications and accounting formulations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive, can-do attitude, trainable, a team player with a strong work ethic, and must be self-sufficient.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with team members and cross functional department leaders.
• A professional demeanor, ambitious in nature, a success orientation and the ability to learn quickly.
• Strong skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint) must have knowledge of pivot tables and v-lookup.
• Proficient with 10-key, by touch.
• Understand various accounting process flows in order to analyze current processes, and implement newly structured processes.
• Ability to perform monthly and quarterly analysis, research and understand variances, properly document findings.
• Must be available to work overtime and weekends.
• Ability to work outside the normal business day/week as required by events and programs.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews monthly recurring journal entries and prepares balance sheet account reconciliations to confirm ending balances are properly stated.
• Analyzes revenues and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis.
• Assists with reviewing data entry, researches transactions, and confirms transactions are correctly recorded.
• Assists in documenting new processes and procedures.
• Supports monthly close procedures including journal entry preparation for various accruals, actual expenses, reserves, etc., and will clearly document sources of data and reasoning for entries.
• Performs bank account reconciliations and must be able to research and resolve reconciling items.
• Maintains fixed assets including addition, retirement, depreciation, reconciliation and reporting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees