Accountant

Description:

Perform moderately complex accounting activities and functions, including monitoring accounts, preparing documentation, expenditure reconciliations and reviews, revenue reporting/accounting, purchases and reimbursements, general ledger transactions, and journal entries.

Core Duties

Review, process, gather, and compile accounting transactions and documents for completeness,

accuracy, and compliance. Contribute to development of analyses to be used for key activities or decision

making.

Identify, prioritize, and resolve accounting issues; probe beyond stated situation; identify underlying issues; recognize exceptions; perform preliminary analysis.

Run, maintain, reconcile, review, combine, analyze and validate financial data sets, utilizing financial reports, financial databases, and key financial information often from multiple systems.

Assist in the preparation of basic management information reports.

Identify and resolve incorrect journal entries, data anomalies, deviations from established procedures, and unusual issues.

Collect data and perform research on details of transactions. Ensure work complies with complex internal policies and external regulations which may require interpretation.

Participate as a member of a project team and contribute to change management strategy through

communication and collaboration with others.

Recommend, assist, test, or implement process streamlining, system improvements or work flow changes.

Contribute to development and maintenance of desktop procedures and process documentation for area of responsibility.

Serve as a liaison to other departments to resolve accounting-related issues.

May train, coach, and review the work of other staff, as needed. Contribute primarily through applying individual expertise.

Requirements

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Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and knowledge of accounting systems.

Proficiency in basic business applications, such as Microsoft Office; user knowledge of Excel.

Ability to draft professional e-mails, memos, business letters, and reports, and to clearly and effectively communicate information to internal audiences and client groups.