What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Kelly?
Staff Accountant opening in Cranston, RI
Salary: $70,000 - $75,000 per year
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM (On-Site)
About Us
Our client is a dynamic and fast-paced organization seeking a Staff Accountant to join our growing accounting team. This role will play a key part in month-end close activities, financial analysis, and cost accounting. We are looking for a detail-oriented and motivated professional who thrives in a collaborative, high-energy environment.
Responsibilities
Financial Accounting
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Get a complete career fit with Kelly®.
You’re looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we’re here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.
Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Salary: $70,000 - $75,000 per year
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM (On-Site)
About Us
Our client is a dynamic and fast-paced organization seeking a Staff Accountant to join our growing accounting team. This role will play a key part in month-end close activities, financial analysis, and cost accounting. We are looking for a detail-oriented and motivated professional who thrives in a collaborative, high-energy environment.
Responsibilities
Financial Accounting
- Prepare and post 100-200 journal entries per month
- Perform month-end close activities, including reconciliations and fluctuation analysis
- Conduct financial analysis on balance sheet and income statement accounts
- Assist in preparing schedules for quarterly and year-end external audits
- Review purchase order cost confirmations and resolve discrepancies
- Assist in developing and improving accounting procedures as the company scales
- Participate in special projects as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
- 2 years of accounting experience in a fast-paced environment
- Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables – ability to create from scratch) required
- Experience with Great Plains (Dynamics GP) preferred
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and adapt to evolving priorities
- Fast-paced, engaged, and collaborative team
- Growth opportunities within the organization
- Work alongside passionate professionals in a family-style work culture
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Get a complete career fit with Kelly®.
You’re looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we’re here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.
Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Salary : $70,000 - $75,000
