Career Opportunity Junior Accountant

Junior Accountant

The ideal candidate will be ambitious, self-motivated accountant with a minimum of 3 years accounting experience. In addition to strong MS Excel skills, strong analytical skills and will need to demonstrate the ability to work proactively and independently in a fast-paced office environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Responsible for all aspects of accounts payable including but not limited to verifying & matching invoices to approvals, check requests, expense reports, and following company procedures.
  • Process payment disbursements i.e. check runs, ACH and wire payments
  • Assist in processing AMEX transactions to include purchasing, recording receipts, monthly reconciliation, and payment.
  • Ownership of vendor master file, including maintaining W9 information
  • 1099 reporting
  • Participate in monthly general ledger closing procedures including account analysis and reconciliations, reconciling sub ledger activity.
  • Corresponds with vendors and responds to inquiries.
  • Responsible for assisting with expense management
  • Completes special projects as requested.
  • Prepares other reports and assist in special projects and analysis as required or requested by management.
  • Ensures proper retention, filing, and handling of accounting records

Experience, Education & Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or role with 3-5 years of relevant work experience
  • Ability to adapt and be flexible to change priorities when needed
  • Ability to effectively communicate with employees and managers at all levels and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
  • Able to apply broad work experience and knowledge when analyzing complex problems. Must be able consistently identify critical elements, variables and alternatives to develop solutions.
  • Must be able to organize/prioritize existing resources and incorporate new information, as needed, to implement the most effective solutions.
  • Able to communicate clearly and courteously with those who need to know of decisions/actions/problems.

Benefits

Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, FSA, Paid time off, 401(k), Tuition reimbursement