Staff Accountant!

We are seeking an experienced Staff Accountant to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in managing and coordinating the responsibilities of several coordinator staff, ensuring adherence to internal controls and accounting policies, and achieving departmental goals. The position involves applying Generally Accepted Accounting Practices to ensure accurate accounting and understanding the impact of exchange rates and valuation issues across different countries.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate responsibilities of several coordinator staff to ensure adherence to internal controls and accounting policies.
• Apply Generally Accepted Accounting Practices to determine accurate accounting.
• Understand the impact of exchange rates and valuation issues for companies in different countries.
• Identify potential internal control issues and function as a liaison with Internal Audit for timely resolution.
• Review account reconciliations and intercompany transactions, and post journal entries prepared by staff members.
• Assist management in analyzing and identifying significant flux drivers related to P&L and Balance Sheet accounts.
• Prepare and/or review monthly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Verify that equity investments are properly reflected in the financial statements.
• Assist management in generating financial schedules, documentation, and other items for auditors.
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing on financial systems and modifications of existing systems.
• Assist management in hiring, evaluating performance, and conducting performance reviews for direct reports.
• Interface with auditors and Information Technology as needed.
• Recognize and troubleshoot system-related issues and communicate findings to the department analyst.
• Maintain a systematic record retention system.
• Articulate service, process, and system-related issues to management.
• Maintain statistical reports that substantiate production volume.
• Maintain department standard service levels for assigned responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Accounting Experience
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
• Working knowledge of IBM AS400 environment and PC-based applications (Excel/Word/Lotus Notes).
• Familiarity with data extraction techniques, such as AS/400 system query.
• Experience with accounting software or similar tools.