Staff Accountant - Accounts Payable

Purpose / General Description:

Perform Accounting duties within a fast-paced finance department while adhering to established standards while serving as a resource for the accounts payable and accounts receivable teams. Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers by supplying timely and accurate information. Must pay high attention to detail and accuracy to ensure data integrity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Account Receivable: including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods, receipt of cash and adjustments to AR.
• Attention to detail: Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors. Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
• Verify and post details about business transactions: such as funds received and disbursed, and total accounts to ledgers and databases
• Review and balance internal accounts: analyze variances, prepare reports, and monitor depreciable assets using financial software
• Prepare and interpret financial summaries: have the ability to analyze financial information to prepare reports for daily/weekly/monthly use
• Participate in month-end close activities: including preparation of journal entries, reconciliation of accounts, and sales tax computations
• Accounts Payable:
• Receives and verifies expense reports; reconciles expense and other financial reports with account balances and other office records.
• Facilitates payment of vendors, which may include verification of federal ID numbers, reviewing purchase orders, and resolving discrepancies.
• Ensures outstanding obligations are credited upon payment, identifies discount opportunities, or stop-payment orders as needed.
• Assists with accounting records and ledgers by reconciling monthly statements and transactions.
• Records entry of, verifies documentation for, and distributes petty cash.
• Calculates and reports sales and use tax on purchases and sales.

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-5 years related work experience including clerical accounting
• Knowledge of basic financial, tax, and accounting principles
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other computer systems and aptitude for learning new systems
• Exceptional Excel skills and formulas
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in finance or accounting preferred