Staff Accountant

Arkansas Talent Group•Little Rock, AR

About The Position

Arkansas Talent Group is exclusively partnering with a rapidly growing, multi-entity organization to hire a detail-oriented and adaptable Staff Accountant. The role supports day-to-day accounting, bookkeeping, treasury, entity management, and financial reporting in a high-volume environment. The Staff Accountant will maintain accurate financial records, manage reconciliations, support the close process, and help integrate accounting processes and systems as the organization grows through mergers and acquisitions. The position works across multiple entities, bank accounts, and operating companies. The successful candidate will be organized, proactive, dependable, and able to manage competing priorities and independently research and resolve discrepancies. Compensation is a market-based salary of $65,000–$75,000 depending on experience, with annual growth potential, a potential bonus opportunity, 401(k) match, PTO, and additional perks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
At least three years of progressive accounting, bookkeeping, staff accounting, or related experience.
Experience supporting a high-volume, multi-entity organization required.
Demonstrated experience with substantial account reconciliations, including bank, credit-card, balance-sheet, and intercompany reconciliations.
Strong understanding of general-ledger accounting, journal entries, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals, account analysis, and month-end close.
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, sorting and filtering, lookup functions, pivot tables, and working with large data sets.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, including the ability to research issues and propose practical solutions.
Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational and prioritization skills across multiple entities and deadlines.
Professional communication skills and ability to collaborate with leadership, internal teams, vendors, and banking partners.
Dependable and discreet, with the ability to handle confidential financial information.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cash management, treasury functions, bank accounts, and banking relationships.
Experience supporting company growth, acquisitions, entity integrations, accounting-system conversions, or process improvements.
Experience with QuickBooks.
Experience with payroll processing or payroll-related accounting.
Experience with Yardi, particularly in real estate, property management, or multi-entity accounting.

Responsibilities

Perform day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping activities for multiple entities in a high-volume environment.
Prepare, enter, review, and post journal entries; maintain accurate general ledger activity and supporting documentation.
Complete timely bank, credit-card, intercompany, balance-sheet, and other account reconciliations.
Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, including account analysis, reconciliations, accruals, and required schedules.
Assist with internal financial reports, management reporting packages, and supporting schedules.
Manage accounts payable activities, including invoice coding and processing, vendor maintenance, payment support, and discrepancy resolution.
Support accounts receivable processes, including invoicing, payment application, collections follow-up, customer account maintenance, and reconciliation of outstanding balances.
Assist with cash management and treasury responsibilities, including monitoring bank-account activity, supporting cash-position reporting, processing transfers, and maintaining banking documentation.
Develop and maintain relationships with banking contacts and assist with bank-account setup and maintenance, authorized-user updates, and other banking needs.
Research and resolve accounting discrepancies, unusual transactions, unreconciled items, and process-related issues.
Assist with accounting needs for newly acquired entities, including integration of accounting processes, systems, chart-of-account structures, documentation standards, and reporting procedures.
Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows, strengthen internal controls, increase efficiency, and enhance reporting accuracy.
Maintain organized, complete, audit-ready accounting records and supporting documentation.
Assist with payroll-related accounting, payroll reconciliations, and reporting as needed.
Partner with internal departments, outside vendors, banking partners, and external accounting professionals to support timely and accurate financial operations.
Perform other assigned accounting, bookkeeping, financial-reporting, and special-project responsibilities.