Accountant

KMM•Lincoln, NE

54d

About The Position

This role involves managing fixed assets, inventory, and standard costing input. The accountant will apply accounting theory and principles to general ledger functions, including journal entries, AP/AR, and ledger reconciliations. Responsibilities include extracting, organizing, and reviewing financial data for inter-departmental processes and external personnel, ensuring compliance with internal control policies and procedures, and adhering to GAAP or IFRS standards. The position also requires facilitating the archiving and retrieval of documentation for regulatory agencies and audits, overseeing routine cash handling and reconciliation, performing accounts payable and receivable functions, and assisting with document retrieval for internal and external audits. The accountant will communicate with all levels of the organization, various departments, and external customers and vendors to manage products and services efficiently, and maintain compliance with document retention policies. Basic office machine operation is also expected.

Requirements

Intercompany Accounting experience
Accounts Receivable experience
Experience with GAAP or IFRS standards
Experience with internal control policies and procedures
Experience with general ledger functions
Experience with AP/AR functions
Experience with balance sheet account reconciliation
Experience with cash handling and reconciliation
Experience with document retention policy
Experience operating office machines (copiers/scanners, fax machines, voice mail systems, personal computers)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
One year of accounting experience

Responsibilities

Managing fixed assets, inventory and standard costing input.
Completing general ledger functions to include: journal entries, AP/AR and ledger reconciliations.
Extracting, organizing and reviewing financial data for inter-departmental processes and external department personnel.
Ensuring individual responsibilities conform to internal control policies and procedures.
Performing GL functions.
Extracting, organizing and reviewing financial records to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to internal control policies.
Applying GAAP or IFRS standards to all tasks.
Reconciling balance sheet accounts.
Facilitating the archiving of backup documentation.
Facilitating the retrieval of documentation for regulatory agencies.
Overseeing routine cash handling and reconciliation.
Performing accounts payable and accounts receivable functions.
Performing routine clerical accounting work.
Assisting with retrieval of documents for internal and external audits.
Approving decisions and making recommendations on behalf of senior individuals in their absence according to agreed guidelines and policies.
Communicating with all levels of the organization, various departments and external customers and vendors to efficiently manage product and services.
Maintaining compliance with document retention policy.
Operating office machines, such as copiers/scanners, fax machines, voice mail systems and personal computers.