Junior Accountant

Precision Pipeline Solutions•New Windsor, NY

About The Position

This Junior Accountant position involves a range of daily, weekly, and monthly accounting tasks. Daily responsibilities include validating and coding accounting entries, performing bank feed uploads and reconciliations, and updating cash receipts and disbursements. The role also assists with company credit card management, responds to accounting inquiries, supports the Accounting Supervisor, clears offsetting customer balances, works with the Accounts Payable team to offset credits on vendor accounts, and uploads positive pay to the bank website. Weekly duties involve reviewing and adjusting company credit card transactions for proper coding, downloading and inspecting weekly credit card transaction files for entry into the ERP, preparing weekly AR or AP aging reports as needed, assisting with weekly cash flow updates and forecasts, generating general ledger inquiries and reports, customizing formats in the ERP, and assisting with Contract Administration tasks. Monthly tasks include preparing and entering standard and reclassification journal entries, performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, assisting with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close tasks, and assisting with month-end financial reporting packets as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
0–2 years of experience in accounting or internships.
Proficiency in MS Excel.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
Willingness to learn, ask questions, and grow.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Team collaboration.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to meet deadlines.
Analytical mindset.
Professional integrity.

Nice To Haves

Experience with accounting/ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Sage, MAS200, or similar).
MS Excel (vlookup, pivot tables preferred).

Responsibilities

Validate and ensure proper coding on various accounting entries.
Perform upload of bank feed daily and complete daily bank reconciliations.
Update cash receipts and apply payments to customer accounts.
Update cash disbursements and align payments with proper transactions.
Assist with company credit card setup, monitoring and blocking.
Respond to accounting inquiries.
Support the Accounting Supervisor with administrative and transactional tasks.
Clear offsetting customer balances.
Work with Accounts Payable team to offset credits on vendor accounts.
Upload positive pay to bank website.
Review and adjust company credit card transactions for proper coding.
Download and inspect weekly credit card transaction file for entry into the ERP.
Prepare weekly AR or AP aging reports as needed.
Assist with weekly cash flow updates and forecasts.
Generate general ledger inquiries and reports; customize formats in ERP.
Assist with Contract Administration tasks.
Prepare and enter standard journal entries.
Prepare and enter reclassification journal entries.
Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close tasks.
Assist with month-end financial reporting packets as assigned.