Staff Accountant

Description

We are looking for a Staff Accountant to join our public accounting client's Business Advisory Services. In this role, you will support clients with dependable bookkeeping, reconciliations, and month-end accounting activities. This position is well suited for an organized, detail-oriented individual who enjoys working with financial records, resolving issues, and delivering timely, accurate information that helps businesses make sound decisions. The role offers the opportunity to manage recurring accounting work for assigned clients while strengthening technical expertise, communication skills, and sound judgment in an advisory-driven environment.

Responsibilities:

- Process and classify daily financial transactions accurately, ensuring activity is recorded in the correct accounts and supported by complete documentation.

- Prepare bank, credit card, cash, and balance sheet account reconciliations, research variances, and make appropriate corrections within approved guidelines.

- Support the month-end close by drafting journal entries, updating work papers, and organizing account details for review.

- Maintain responsibility for a portfolio of recurring bookkeeping clients by delivering scheduled work on time and responding to routine accounting questions.

- Identify unusual, missing, duplicated, or misposted transactions, resolve straightforward issues, and escalate more complex concerns with clear supporting notes.

- Keep accounting records current in Quick Books and related systems, ensuring the general ledger remains accurate and complete.

- Track assigned work carefully, follow established procedures, and maintain orderly files so completed tasks are ready for handoff or review.

- Use Excel and other tools to analyze financial data, validate balances, and improve the accuracy of recurring accounting processes.

Requirements - 2+ years of experience in bookkeeping, staff accounting, or a related accounting support role.

- Hands-on experience preparing journal entries, including adjusting and month-end entries.

- Strong understanding of general ledger activity and month-end close procedures.

- Experience performing account reconciliations, including bank, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations.

- Proficiency with Quick Books Pro and Quick Books Online.

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel for financial tracking, analysis, and reporting.

- High level of accuracy, organization, and follow-through when managing recurring client deliverables.

- Ability to communicate clearly about routine accounting matters and recognize when issues should be escalated.

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