Accountant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college or university in Accounting.
• CPA license (active or in progress) required.
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience (general ledger, month-end close, reconciliations, and reporting).
• Experience supporting audits and preparing schedules and documentation for internal and external requests.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and formula-based analysis.
• Hands-on experience preparing and posting journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and researching/resolving variances.
• Experience supporting month-end close and assisting with financial statement preparation and management reporting.
• Knowledge of GAAP and other accounting and reporting standards.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with accounting/ERP systems.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, such as policies and procedures, benefits information, benefit surveys, board minutes, routine mail, simple contracts, and instruction manuals.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Thinks critically to navigate business issues.
• Exercises independent judgment to analyze all relevant factual and objective information to make informed decisions.
• Ability to make decisions and execute timely to produce a positive outcome.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to exercise common sense in carrying out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and in other daily situations that arise.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based environment.
• Demonstrates a self-directed mature, disciplined and tactful approach to fulfilling job duties.
• Positive work ethic and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Acts with integrity in dealing with customers and colleagues, takes responsibility for mistakes and achievements; treats others in a respectful manner.
• Demonstrates ability and flexibility to work in other areas of the organization as needed.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work without supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll accounting processes is preferred.
• Experience with an ERP/accounting system (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, SAP) is preferred.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and establishing personal networks.

Responsibilities

• Determines priorities and methods of completing daily workload to ensure that all responsibilities are carried out in a timely manner.
• Prepares assets, liability, and net asset account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Performs month-end and year-end close activities and ensures the close process is completed accurately and on time.
• Analyzes, amortizes, and reconciles prepaid expenses and maintains fixed asset lapsing schedules to include additions, disposals, and related depreciation information.
• Maintains and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary accounts, including preparation of trial balances and timely bank reconciliations.
• Prepares financial statements and reports (including statements of financial position, activities, and cash flows) by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing financial data and trends.
• Investigates and resolves discrepancies through account analysis and application of accounting policies and regulations and provides guidance on accounting procedures as needed.
• Compiles data for preparation of federal, state, local, and special tax returns for various reporting agencies.
• Assists with preparing and monitoring budgets.
• Prepares financial analyses and produces timely and accurate financial statements and regulatory reports.
• Prepares schedules for audit support and provides requested audit documentation.
• Coordinates accounting projects and initiatives with finance teams or with other departments.
• Complies with legal, GAAP, GAAS and other requirements.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Develops and maintains partnerships with vendors, Finance staff, and other employees, including managers and supervisors.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively, both verbally and in writing, across multiple diverse departments, management levels, vendors, and other non-financial departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.