Jr Accountant

Soni is partnering with a client on the search for a Jr Accountant.


The Junior Accountant supports daily financial operations with a focus on cash-to-sales reconciliation, merchant services auditing, and variance resolution across retail and e?commerce channels. This role ensures sales activity aligns with cash, credit card, and merchant deposits while maintaining accurate clearing accounts and partnering with store management to resolve discrepancies promptly.


Responsibilities:
Reconciliation & Audit

• Reconcile daily cash, credit card, and merchant service deposits to system-generated sales reports (retail and e-commerce).
• Perform manual reconciliations between retail systems, SAP, and merchant service providers for US and Canada.
• Investigate and resolve variances between recorded sales and actual receipts; escalate unusual discrepancies as needed.
• Maintain and clear sub?cash accounts (511*), ensuring proper mapping and journal entry accuracy.
• Complete high-volume bank and sub?ledger reconciliations, including heavier e-commerce reconciliation workloads.

Store & Cross-Functional Support

• Communicate with store managers regarding discrepancies, missing documentation, and register variances.
• Provide clear, professional guidance to ensure timely issue resolution and improved documentation accuracy.
• Collaborate with accounting leadership to refine processes once core responsibilities are mastered.

Month-End, Year-End & Audit

• Assist with month-end close activities, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Support year-end close and audit preparation through documentation gathering and schedule maintenance.

Experience:

• 1-3 years of general accounting & reconciliations experience.
• Retail or multi-location experience a plus.
• SAP or similar ERP experience strongly preferred; e-commerce reconciliation experience beneficial.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, reconciliation templates).
• Strong reconciliation and high-volume transactional accounting skills.
• Ability to work across POS systems, ERP platforms, and merchant service portals preferred.

Compensation: $60,000 - $70,000
Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.

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