Job Description

Position Summary:

We are looking for a diligent Staff Accountant to join our accounting department. The Staff Accountant's responsibilities include maintaining financial records and reports, performing account reconciliations, assisting with budget and close processes, conducting internal audits, and maintaining accounts payable documentation. You will also be assisting the accounting manager as needed and respond to information requests by management and for auditing purposes.

To be successful as a Staff Accountant, you should be able to accurately maintain a general ledger and ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). An outstanding Staff Accountant should also have excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

Essential Duties:

• Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts.
• Preparing journal entries, analysis, and account reconciliations and assisting with monthly close processes.
• Contributing to the development and review of annual operating budgets and performance projections.
• Maintaining documentation for accounts payable, purchasing, and treasury and conducting internal audits.
• Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Meeting processing and reporting deadlines.
• Responding to information requests, reviewing financial statements, and assisting with audits.
• Ensuring compliance with GAAP.
• Assisting the accounting manager as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• Master's degree a plus.
• SAP experience a plus.
• Must be proficient in excel.
• 2+ years of accounting experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of GAAP.
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills.
• Good problem-solving and time management skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.

Working Conditions:

This is a full-time position. Travel is expected to be minimal and would be primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may occasionally be expected.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops, computers, photocopiers and smartphones and is required to wear applicable PPE based on worksite needs.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and apply acute vision abilities (close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus). This may also include intermittent periods during which moderate physical exertion is required with ability to lift up to 40 pounds.

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