Junior Accountant Temporary

Junior Accountant Temporary

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4224 RENAISSANCE PRESERVE WAY - FORT MYERS, FL 33916

Position Type:
Full Time Education Level: 2 Year Degree Travel Percentage:
None Category:
Accounting

Position Title:

Junior Accountant, Temporary Created By:
Jennifer Feliciano

Reports To:

Director of Finance Date Created: 6/26/2026

FLSA status:
Exempt Approved by:
Kimberly Grabert, COO Classification: F

Summary

In this role, you will gain experience and learn essential industry skills by performing accounts payable and receivable, bank reconciliation, and other projects. You will help ensure our records are consistent with all submitted financial statements. As a Junior Accountant, you will provide financial information to management by research and analyzing accounting data and preparing reports. With assistance and guidance, you will prepare journal entries for the general ledger.

This is a temporary position, not to exceed 12 months.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviewing invoices for adequacy and entering Accounts Payable
• Guides staff by coordinating activities, answering questions and resolving accounts payable issues with internal and external customers.
• Scheduling and preparing payments; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos; request stop-payments to accountants or purchase order amendments to procurement specialist.
• Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
• Maintains historical records in Document Manager
• Ensures contract balances are not exceeded with payments made.
• Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards related to all authority accounts.
• Maintains capital assets.
• Assists general and senior accountants by performing general ledger duties such as bank reconciliations, preparing journal entries, balancing general ledgers, inter-company funds and check processing for multiple entities, programs, and grants on the accrual basis of accounting.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Assists Finance Department Staff during the audit.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

This position requires the incumbent to exhibit the following behavioral skills:

Job Knowledge:
Exhibits requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the position effectively. Demonstrates knowledge of policies, procedures, goals, objectives, operational entities, requirements, and activities as they apply to the assigned organizational entity of the Authority; uses appropriate judgment & decision making in accordance with level of responsibility.

Initiative:
Proactively seeks solutions to resolve unexpected challenges. Actively assists others without formal/informal direction. Possesses the capacity to learn and actively seeks developmental feedback. Applies feedback for continued growth by mastering concepts needed to perform work.

Safety Awareness:
Employee is cognizant of his/her surroundings. Follows proper safety procedures and considers the safety of self and others. Identifies, communicates, and assists in the correction of any safety concerns where appropriate.

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