Staff Accountant

Overview:

The Staff Accountant position primarily supports the Finance Manager and the rest of the G/L Team through reconciliation, expense analysis, maintaining the general legder, month-end close, and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Reconcile bank statements, credit card statements, and other Balance Sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness, including coordinating clearing unreconciled balances in a timely manner.
• Responsible for Fixed Assets: analyze accounts for FA activity, reporting additions and disposals, maintaining FAS, reconciling FAS and GL balances, recording depreciation, and prepare monthly schedules.
• Prepare expense analysis schedules on assigned P&L accounts used to identify accuracy, aid in month end analysis and reporting, and assists with annual audit and budget preparation.
• Prepare daily cash forecasting reports and weekly cash balance reports.
• Maintain the general ledger, prepare, review and post journal entries including properly identifying intercompany transactions.
• Assist in month-end close by reviewing accounts for accuracy and completeness, and analyze actual to budget variances to provide explanations and identify potential budget moves.
• Analyze and rectify the erroneous postings to various general ledger accounts.
• Assist in budget preparation and analyze budget to actual performance.
• Prepare required surveys by gathering responses to questions and liaison with other team members to complete the surveys by their due date.
• Assist with PBC items for the interim and annual audit.
• Assist with special projects and other related financial analysis.
• Collaborate with other Finance Department members to support overall department goals and objectives, and identify process improvements.
• Other responsibilities as they are assigned.

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• 3-5 years of experience in accounting, with a focus on reconciliations, financial transactions and reporting.
• Strong understanding of theoretical accounting principles (GAAP).
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team and the ability to take direction.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to take initiative and recommend process improvement changes.
• Proficiency in MS Office with strong Excel skills.
• 3E and Fixed Asset System experience is a plus.
• Experience in multi-currency system in international organization is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required.