Gl Accountant

Aston Carter•St. Louis, MO

5d•$35 - $40•Onsite

About The Position

The General Ledger Accountant plays a key role in maintaining accurate financial records by managing journal entries, performing month-end close activities, and reconciling subledgers to the general ledger. This position requires a strong understanding of account structures, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to investigate and resolve variances. You will use advanced Excel skills and financial systems to support timely, accurate reporting and continuous improvement of accounting processes.

Requirements

1–7 years of accounting experience with a focus on general ledger activities.
Solid understanding of general ledger structures, including cost centers, entities, and account coding.
Hands-on experience inputting, preparing, and posting journal entries, including manual and correcting entries.
Experience performing month-end close processes and account reconciliations.
Proficiency in reconciling subledgers to the general ledger, identifying variances, and tracing them to source transactions.
Strong Excel skills, including building reconciliation workbooks from scratch, using pivot tables, and applying VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP functions.
Ability to join tables in Excel based on consistent data sets to support data analysis and reconciliation.
Capability to troubleshoot journal entry and batch import errors, interpret system messages, and resolve or escalate issues effectively.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a large organization with complex financial structures.
Exposure to business warehouse (BW) or similar financial reporting and data tools.
Ability to create and manage a SharePoint site or similar shared repository to facilitate information sharing within the accounting team.
Strong analytical mindset with a desire to dig into issues and identify root causes rather than only flagging discrepancies.
Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate and reliable financial records.
Effective communication skills to collaborate with colleagues and explain reconciliation findings and journal entry issues.

Responsibilities

Review general ledger account structures, including cost centers, entities, and account coding, to ensure transactions are recorded accurately based on their type.
Perform month-end close activities, including preparing, reviewing, and posting manual and correcting journal entries.
Reconcile subledgers to the general ledger, identify variances, and trace discrepancies back to source transactions rather than only flagging mismatches.
Investigate and resolve reconciliation issues by digging into transaction details, determining root causes, and proposing or implementing corrective actions.
Prepare and post both one-off journal entries and batch upload templates, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal guidelines.
Troubleshoot journal entry and batch import errors by interpreting system messages, determining whether issues are data- or system-related, and fixing or escalating as appropriate.
Build reconciliation workbooks from scratch in Excel to support balance sheet and income statement account reconciliations.
Use pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and table joins in Excel to analyze financial data and validate the integrity of journal entries and reconciliations.
Create and maintain a SharePoint site or shared workspace to organize and share accounting information, documentation, and reconciliations with the team.
Collaborate with colleagues across the organization to ensure timely submission and posting of journal entries and to support accurate financial reporting.
Leverage exposure to business warehouse (BW) or similar reporting tools to pull data, validate balances, and support reconciliation and reporting processes.
Maintain organized documentation of journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules in accordance with internal controls and audit requirements.