Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Accountant

Job Purpose: Senior Accountants take ownership of reporting costs, productivity, margins and expenditures for companies and organizations.

Summary of Essential Job Duties

• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries.
• Calculate and record monthly subscription based revenue.
• Prepare and maintain monthly customer allowance accruals related to coops and other promotional related allowances.
• Assist with the recording of payroll, benefits and bonus entries and accruals.
• Assist with fixed assets and leases entries and research.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
• Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable.
• Support month-end and year-end close process.
• Performing other accounting duties and supporting junior staff as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting/finance.
• CPA preferred but not required.
• Experience with financial reporting requirements.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• Strong organizational and stress management skills.
• Must be an outstanding communicator, both written and verbal, and have established skills in accuracy, organization, and working in a high-volume environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel.
• Highly detail-oriented and organized.
• Ability to meet a constant stream of deadlines.
• Ability to handle AR reserve accounts and promotional rebates with proficiency with significant customers (Walmart, Bass Pro, Academy, etc.)
• Able to maneuver within Excel with Pivot Tables, lookups, etc.
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively with different levels of employees.