STAFF ACCOUNTANT

REDCOM Laboratories, Inc.•Victor, NY

30d•$26 - $30•Hybrid

About The Position

At REDCOM, our mission is to enable the most critical conversations in the world by developing highly interoperable, flexible, and easy-to-use communications solutions. REDCOM stands for Research, Engineering, and Development in Communications, and our goal is to be the Command and Control platform of choice for all tactical levels of the government. After 45 years in business, we are still in growth mode. We are seeking an accounting professional to support our day-to-day accounting requirements.

Requirements

5+ years of accounting experience including substantive knowledge and understanding of general ledger accounting, journal entries, and month-end closing processes
A working knowledge of fixed assets, depreciation and experience performing account reconciliations
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
Unquestionable integrity and honesty in handling financial records, cash, assets, stock certificates, and confidential company information
Strict adherence to company policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting standards (GAAP)
Commitment to confidentiality regarding financial data, employee information, vendor details, and sensitive transactions
Willingness to escalate discrepancies, errors, or potential control issues promptly and transparently
Professional judgment and ethical decision-making when dealing with banks, vendors, employees, and external auditors

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree (Business, Accounting) or equivalent work experience and a related associate’s degree
Experience using Emburse expense management program
Experience using BNA asset software
Experience using Epicor ERP system

Responsibilities

Prepare asset entries in an asset management system to be reviewed by the director of accounting for accuracy.
Maintain asset records and associated depreciation for both tangible and intangible assets.
Enter and maintain finance lease data into an external lease management system.
Apply GL coding to credit card charges using a credit card expense management system with the end goal of providing a summarized journal entry to be posted to our ERP system.
Assist users with general credit card inquiries and convey company rules for new users.
Maintain user company credit card activity, individual user limits, and request credit vendor payments using an external expense management program.
Process employee travel expense reports in expense management program and generate regular journal entries to transfer that information to our ERP general ledger.
Calculate realized and unrealized gains for investment accounts on a monthly basis and prepare associated journal entries to post to our ERP general ledger.
Prepare annual deliverables for related business entities including trial balance, income statement, balance sheet, and other miscellaneous reports.
Calculate expense allocations to related business entities.
Communicate directly with banks, investment firms, and other external customer service groups to assist the organization in resolving issues we come across in our accounting systems.
Process cash transfers, prepare ACH/wire templates and payments for approved payments.
Prepare company cash sheet daily by navigating bank and investment portals online.
Reconcile cash and investment accounts on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis against monthly statements provided by the related institutions.
Reconcile asset accounts on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis against reports generated by our asset management program.
Compile and provide requested materials during the annual financial audit.
Stock certificate management: Create new stock certificates, process voided certificates, and maintain the stock ledger.
Perform Accounts Receivable duties, including customer invoicing, cash application, collections follow-up, aging analysis, and related journal entries/reconciliations.
Backup AP Specialist when needed by doing the following: Vendor entry, prepare weekly check run, enter AP invoices, matching of receipts made against PO’s to related invoices, process returns, negotiating vendor terms, W-9 solicitation, and 1099 processing.