Staff Accountant

Role Description

The Staff Accountant supports accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting for the organization. This role owns assigned general ledger accounts from transaction processing through reconciliation and analysis, supports monthly close activities, and partners with internal teams to ensure proper accounting treatment in a fast-paced advertising agency environment.

The Staff Accountant serves as the primary accounting resource for payroll-related transactions, incentive compensation accounting, treasury activities, and selected compliance functions. This role will lead the implementation of a scalable commission and incentive management solution and support ongoing process improvements that increase automation, accuracy, and efficiency across Finance.

What You Will Do

• Month-End Close Support:
  • Preparing routine journal entries
  • Supporting accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, and expense allocations
  • Reconciling balance sheet accounts
  • Investigating and resolving reconciling items
  • Maintaining close checklists and supporting documentation
  • Ensuring tasks are completed accurately and on schedule
• Account Reconciliations:
  • Cash and bank accounts
  • Prepaids
  • Accrued expenses
  • Fixed assets
  • Corporate credit cards
  • Intercompany accounts, if applicable
  • Other assigned balance sheet accounts
• Accounts Payable / Expense Support:
  • Reviewing coding accuracy
  • Supporting vendor payment workflows
  • Reconciling AP-related accounts
  • Reviewing employee expense submissions for policy compliance
  • Helping resolve vendor or internal questions
• Financial Reporting Support:
  • Preparing schedules for monthly financial statements
  • Providing variance explanations for assigned accounts
  • Supporting audit requests
  • Maintaining supporting documentation
  • Helping ensure reporting packages are complete and accurate
• Process and Documentation:
  • Maintaining SOPs and process documentation
  • Identifying process gaps or inconsistencies
  • Supporting system clean-up and data validation
  • Creating repeatable workflows for recurring accounting tasks
• Payroll Responsibilities:
  • Backup for processing semi-monthly payroll
  • Managing monthly accruals related to payroll
  • Entering specific journal entries
  • Registering new employee locations with the local, state, and federal entities
  • Managing 401k plan support

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of accounting experience
• Possess “when no one’s looking” integrity and a high level of ethics and character
• Self-starter
• Extremely detail-oriented and able to multitask to meet deadlines
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Aptitude and flexibility to understand the informational requirements of the business as it changes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency with MS Office suite, especially Excel (pivot tables and vlookups) and PowerPoint
• Experience with NetSuite and Concur preferred
• Willingness to learn in order to grow with the organization
• Team player

Company Description

Goodway Group is one of AdAge's 2025's BEST PLACES TO WORK! As an independent and remote-first media and marketing services firm with a 90+ year history, Goodway Group combines the security of an established company with a start-up feel. Our diverse team of digital strategists, media practitioners, technologists, and data scientists have won prestigious awards for innovative marketing technology and impactful work.