Accountant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or demonstrated 5–7 years of advanced accounting work experience.
• Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Experience with month-end and year-end close processes.
• Strong background in general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Advanced knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and financial analysis functions.
• Strong understanding of financial statement preparation and analysis.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Knowledge of internal controls and compliance requirements.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, critical-thinking, and discrepancy-investigation skills, with follow-through to resolve issues accurately.
• Solid understanding of accounting debits and credits.
• Experience with California sales tax guidelines.
• Experience creating Adobe Acrobat binders.
• Customer account maintenance experience.
• Working knowledge of Outlook email and Microsoft Office.
• Strong organization and multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent math and English aptitude.
• Strong character, ability to thrive under pressure, and interest in supporting a motivated, productive team.
• Willingness and enthusiasm to take on new tasks and pursue upward mobility.
• Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed.
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds, sit for long periods, and regularly use hands and fingers to keyboard and operate office equipment and telephones.

Nice To Haves

• Prior accounting experience in a print environment.
• Prior experience using Sage 50 or other accounting software.
• Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or Microsoft Dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure invoices are properly posted and aligned with accrual-based pass-through costs such as freight and postage.
• Assemble supporting documentation for customer invoices, including Bills of Lading, packing lists, freight charges, postage receipts, and job envelopes.
• Generate invoices within five days of shipping, track jobs, and manage time effectively.
• Create postage deposit invoices in Sage, attach supporting documents, email invoices, track payments, and reconcile associated USPS logs.
• Work with Purchasing/Inventory Control to track product purchases and billing for envelopes and other items.
• Provide accounts receivable and invoice ledgers to the sales team and assist with collections upon request.
• Review and send monthly statements using Sage 50 accounting software.
• Mail or email customer invoices and statements.
• Coordinate with the Credit Manager, customer service team, and shipping department regarding pre-production credit checks.
• Perform advanced reconciliations, discrepancy research, month-end tie-outs, audit support, and petty cash reconciliation.
• Maintain the manual check register and enter related transactions.
• Support the customer service department during busier periods.
• As the role expands, take on balance-sheet reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close, revenue analysis, audit support, process improvement, and internal controls.
• As the role develops, take increasing responsibility for general ledger integrity, the close process, financial reporting, accounting procedures, and supervision or oversight of accounting functions.
• Assist the local office manager with accounting-related work and assist the Coordinator Lead in checking accounting work before invoicing.
• Perform other duties as assigned.