Staff Accountant

The Suddath Companies•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

The Staff Accountant maintains financial records for the company and supports accounting operations, financial reporting, month-end close, and financial controls. The role prepares analyses and reconciliations, investigates variances, assists with corporate compliance and international financial matters, and identifies process efficiencies. It works with multiple departments and locations and handles several tasks daily. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The work environment is typically moderately noisy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
At least 2 years of General Ledger accounting experience is stated in the job requirements; the qualifications section describes 1–3 years of corporate accounting and General Ledger experience.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, with at least intermediate Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and external content.
Skilled in working with financial and numeric data, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Able and willing to work with multiple departments and locations and manage multiple tasks daily.
Excellent attention to detail and follow-through.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts including discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, and apply basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to follow written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel.

Nice To Haves

International and intercompany transactional experience.
Some corporate income tax experience.
Experience with Great Plains.
Prior experience in the moving industry.
Prior experience working with foreign currency.

Responsibilities

Prepare journal entries, General Ledger account analyses, roll forwards, and other analyses required for month-end close.
Edit and reconcile financial reports and resolve accounting issues.
Prepare and publish financial reports for management, explaining variances from prior-month, prior-year, and budgeted results.
Complete quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, inventory, other assets and liabilities, and reserves.
Complete special projects as required.
Calculate and reconcile commissions, referrals, audit and filing fees, rebates, and related items.
Understand and assist in managing financial controls.
Measure and report aged variances, aged payables, and aged receivables.
Support corporate compliance for Sudco.
Assist in managing Suddath International cost of funds, interest on disbursements according to client contract requirements, bank fees, and foreign currency matters, including participation in currency forecast meetings.
Maintain working knowledge of accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, and document management.
Manage workload and workflow and identify process efficiencies.
Develop internal and external service pacts.
Coordinate Suddath/Sentry International operational timing for accruals, variances, and documents, and agent timing for communication, billing, and documents.