Staff Accountant
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Description
Job Responsibilities
- Perform centralized accounting and full-cycle month end close process for assigned corporate departments
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations, accrual accounting, and variance analysis
- Support IT project accounting working alongside IT leaders.
- Ensures that invoices related to company assets are assigned the correct general ledger accounts and
departmental cost centers in the accounting system. - Communicate and work with operational personnel, as well as all levels of corporate management
- Assist management to ensure proper controls and SOX compliance requirements are met
- Support audit requests
- Assist in identifying and implementing process improvements
- Perform assigned ad hoc accounting projects
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited college or university or equivalent education and experience
- In lieu of undergraduate degree, the ratio is 1:1 meaning one year of college equals one year of work experience and vice versa
- CPA would be a plus
- Customarily has at least three or more years of experience in full cycle month end close process, account reconciliation and variance analysis
- Experience with multi-location and multi-legal entity accounting
- Experience in a challenging, complex financial reporting environment
- Oracle or other ERP experience
Job-Related Skills/Competencies
- Core Competencies of Service Mentality, Attention to Detail, Sense of Urgency, Initiative and Flexibility
- Ability to make decisions or solve problems by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions
- Outstanding customer service skills as well as the ability to deal with people in a manner which shows tact and professionalism
- The ability to properly handle sensitive and confidential information (including HIPAA and PHI) in accordance with federal and state laws and company policies
- Proven ability to communicate in a team environment and with all levels of management
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
- Detail oriented and self-motivated
- Mid-level to advanced Excel skills
