Accounting Specialist

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain records of client financial transactions using Intacct, Yardi and Quick Books.
• Perform daily accounting/bookkeeping activities including A/R and A/P cycles with additional duties over time.
• Compile financial reports for client management, such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and other items pertinent to operation of business.
• Assist with payroll entry.
• Verify contracts, purchase orders, and vouchers, and prepare reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.
• Reconcile and balance accounts.
• Apply principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports.
• May devise, implement and manipulate manual or computer-based system for general accounting.
• May review data regarding material assets, net worth, liabilities, surplus, income, and expenditures and analyze petty cash, accounts receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and cancelled checks.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Proficiency with MS Office software, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Associate's Degree in Accounting or related field is required.
• Yardi accounting software experience preferred, but not required.
• Think analytically to respond to complex inquiries.
• Understand and apply GAAP theories and procedures.
• Ability to identify and resolve financial and payroll issues.
• Assist in efforts to manage day-to-day activities of the engagement and effectively meet and exceed client needs and expectations.
• Enjoy complex and challenging project work and be willing to work on a variety of strategic, financial, and operational projects.
• Highly motivated and take ownership of personal and professional growth and development.
• Ability to successfully prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to successfully interact with clients and other professionals to effectively deliver quality professional services.
• Client-service orientation combined with creative problem solving skills; strong written and oral communication skills; ability to work effectively as part of a team, yet function well with independent responsibilities.

This is a non-exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.

You must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer.