Staff Accountant

General Staff Accountant IIResponsible for day-to-day accounting functions, assigned monthly close responsibilities, and the preparation of accurate, complete, and review-ready accounting support. This role assists with the timely execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes; prepares account reconciliations, journal entries, analyses, and supporting schedules; and supports the Company's GAAP financial reporting, audit, and tax-compliance requirements. The General Staff Accountant II is expected to understand the purpose of assigned procedures, maintain appropriate documentation, identify discrepancies or unusual items, and escalate accounting, process, or control issues that require further review.Duties and responsibilities include independently owning assigned processes and close workstreams through completion, proactively managing assigned deliverables to meet close, reporting, audit, and tax deadlines, maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts, preparing complete and audit-ready journal entries and account reconciliations, contributing to the development and review of annual operating budgets and performance projections, following established accounting processes and controls while exercising judgment, assisting with the preparation of GAAP financial reporting schedules, audit support, tax workpapers, and other accounting support requested by management or external advisors, ensuring compliance and understanding of federal, state, and municipal tax codes, performing variance analysis and investigating unusual balances, trends, transactions, or fluctuations, and researching routine accounting questions using available accounting guidance, internal policies, prior-period support, and other reliable resources.Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting required, 2-4 years of accounting or audit experience required, including hands-on responsibility for preparing workpapers for at least one annual external audit cycle, excellent oral and written communication skills, working knowledge of GAAP, demonstrated ability to prepare account reconciliations and supporting schedules, understanding of basic internal control concepts, ability to analyze accounting procedures critically, good problem-solving and time management skills, highly organized and detail-oriented, excellent computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Products, especially Microsoft Word and Excel, experience working in and managing an ERP system, ability to function effectively and positively within a team environment, and ability to maintain confidentiality.This position does not have supervisory responsibilities but contributes to team development through cross-training and knowledge sharing within the Accounting department. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The physical demands described here are representative of those that a Team Player must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is a full-time, exempt position. Standard work days and hours are Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. This position may work outside of normal business hours, including evenings and weekends. 5-10% travel is expected for this position. Must be willing to travel based on company need. Overnight trips may be necessary. Excel Fitness is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the policy of equal employment opportunity in recruitment, hiring, career advancement, and all other employment practices. Other duties may change at any time with or without notice.