Associate Staff Accountant

Position Overview

The Associate Staff Accountant will provide key support to the accounting department by performing the following essential job duties:

We are seeking a capable Associate Staff Accountant to join a dedicated team for a full-time role in a busy and growing multi-entity company. You should be a sound accounting professional as well as an individual who likes to take ownership of their responsibilities and is self-motivated with a disciplined and methodical approach to duties and responsibilities.

Principal Responsibilities

• Prepare accounting related entries to numerous registers, journals, and logs
• Supporting the upload process for various leases.
• Working on new projects as per business needs.
• Vendor uploads / accounts payable
• Uploads for various allocations, especially tasks related to our inventory.
• Provide explanations of your processed transactions
• Maintain accrual reports and amortization schedules
• Preparing and updating ME Balance Sheet Reconciliations as per SOX compliance requirements.
• Support in annual financial audits
• Follow our company’s established accounting processes
• Support accounts payable activities to ensure accuracy and timeliness of invoice creation and entry
• Interface and assist accounting team in resolving problems, GL coding questions, and process improvement
• Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as required
• Import detailed accounting journals in ERP accounting system
• ADHOC projects in support of the accounting department
• Task modifications as per newly adopted SOX compliance requirements.

Qualifications and Competencies

• 2+ years of general professional accounting experience
• Proactive and deadline-oriented professional.
• Proven understanding of accounting fundamentals
• ERP Accounting software experience (NetSuite, etc.) (highly preferred)
• Experienced with expense reporting/paperless AP software programs
• Solid Advanced Excel Skills with pivot tables and VLOOKUP's
• Skilled with MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams
• Basic knowledge or understanding of Salesforce (a plus)
• BS Degree in Accounting or Finance (or the equivalent of experience/education)
• Highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving, organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task