What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at Merakey?
Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do.
We are seeking an Accountant to join our team.
Remote: candidates residing in PA, DE, FL, LA, MD, NJ, OH, TX, and VA.
Position Details:
The position will be responsible for financial reporting functions of corporate entities within Merakey and its subsidiaries. The position encompasses responsibilities for corporate allocations, monthly close process, annual budgets, and includes analysis and quality control within the corporate fiscal department.
The position is a staff position, working under the administrative direction of and reporting directly to the Senior Accountant.
Earn: $60,000
- For Corporate entities, prepare recurring and non-recurring journal entries for assigned division(s).
- Assist in closing Corporate entity books on a monthly basis in accordance with the close policy.
- Perform and maintain balance sheet reconciliations.
- Perform monthly budget variance analysis.
- Review and approve purchase requests, check requests, expense reimbursements and credit card reconciliations for assigned departments, using budgeted amounts to validate expenses and ask questions as needed to understand expenditures. Ensure coding on requests is correct.
- Maintain proper supporting documentation for all journal entries and account analysis performed, providing any needed support to internal or external auditors as needed.
- Assist in preparing workpapers for annual financial audit.
- Prepare annual budgets and participate in budget meetings as needed.
- Prepare and distribute monthly reports to departments as assigned.
- Special projects as requested.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Benefits
Merakey offers medical, dental - vision insurance plans, competitive compensation plans and more!
- DailyPay
- Work/Life Balance
- Flexible Schedules
- Cell Phone Discount Plans
- Employee Referral Bonuses
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Care.com Membership
About Merakey
Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!
Requirements:Our ideal candidate will possess the following skills:
- Bachelor of Science in accounting.
- 2 plus years of accounting experience preferred.
- Software - Great Plains, Concur, Prophix and Tango experience a plus.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required, particularly Excel, including the use of pivot tables, VLOOKUP's, etc
- Candidate must have a strong work ethic, positive attitude, attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
- Communicate well with others in a team atmosphere.
Salary : $60,000
