Accounting Specialist

Location: Short Hills

Kforce's client, located in a State-of-the-Art facility in Northern NJ, is expanding. They are a publicly traded company that has been in business for over 50 years. They are seeking an Accounting Specialist to join their team.

Summary:

This position will be the primary individual responsible for the maintenance of accounting policies and procedures and well as accounting research efforts on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (-GAAP-). All job duties and responsibilities must be carried out in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Duties Include:

* Drive the department-wide initiative regarding accounting policy and procedure development

* Coordinate and oversee annual accounting policy and procedure reviews/updates

* Drive GAAP and SAP research projects leveraging resources from functional groups within Finance

* Actively monitoring and coordinating activities as it relates to the records and information management policy and procedures within Finance to ensure all departments are adhering to the policy

* Responsible for quality control of the quarterly and annual documents filed with the SEC, through the review of disclosure checklists, among other things

* Ensure company compliance with GAAP and SAP
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting required

* CPA is required

* 5-7 years of accounting experience required

* Significant knowledge of GAAP and/or SAP

* Knowledge of account reconciliation, general ledger maintenance, and financial statements preparation

* MS Office applications experience

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Ability to manage resources in the completion of joint projects

* Supervisory experience preferred