Junior Accountant

Position Summary

The Junior Accountant is responsible for collecting, recording and reconciling data, analyzing information, and summarizing results in a concise and accurate manner. This role requires a heavy emphasis to detail and accuracy, reconciliation, investigating to explain variances, analyzing activity, and identifying complex transactions in a fast past environment.

This position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities. These include comparing general ledger account balance to supporting documentation and assisting in the preparation of financial statements and budgets. Executing month-end close, year-end close and annual audit.

This is an entry-level accounting position with strong potential for advancement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and assist team leads in ensuring daily, monthly and quarterly bank transactional activities are executed in a timely and accurate manner

1. Review uncleared checks monthly – determine if checks need to be reissued

• Maintain a thorough understanding of the general ledger structure

1. Reconcile and maintain general ledger, prepare, and post journal / closing entries
2. Reconcile G/L accounts to assert the accuracy of transactions; research and resolve discrepancies

• Support the timely and accurate data entry and reporting of all financial transactions

1. Review / monitor revenue and expense allocation on financial statements
2. Oversee expenditures– track monthly expenditures to budget
3. Oversee inventory accounts – reconcile accounts to supporting documents
4. Timely and accurate review and processing of OPEX A/P payments – GL coding, amounts align to supporting documents

• Review credit card spending, American Express and Bank Cards

1. Check for consistent coding against budget and prior reporting periods
2. Work with card holders on unusual spending
3. Prepare template of credit card spending for upload to SyteLine

• Assist with Sales Tax administration, reconciliation, and reporting

• Assist with Business Property Tax record keeping and annual reporting

• Accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close

• Support the development and monitoring of annual budget

• Validate executed contracts against budget

• Assist with A/R Collections and reconciliation of Customer Accounts

• Process improvement: assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department

• Subject to additional and/or revised responsibilities and duties as directed Supervisory

Responsibilities

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or related field; and experience in an accounting position in either a Manufacturing or Merchandising environment. CPA designation preferred.

Skills/Experience

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of GAAP accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations

• Experience with Cloud ERP Systems (or SyteLine/Infor Cloud)

• Experience with Accounting Software

• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft suite products

• Expert ability to produce work with a high level of accuracy

• Research causes of reported results

• Attention to detail all presentations

• Analysis and critical thinking

• Problem-solving

• Time management

• Organization

• Data entry

Travel

Travel is not required.

Core Competencies

Creativity

• Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas

• Easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions

• Tends to be original and value-added in brainstorming settings

Perspective

• Looks toward the broadest possible view of an issue/challenge

• Has broad-ranging personal and business interests and pursuits

• Proposes future scenarios

• Thinks globally

• Can discuss multiple aspects and impacts of issues and project them into the future

Execute Core Values

• Operational Excellence- Focus on the customer by doing what we said we would do

• We Collaborate- We collaborate for purpose

• Deliver Exceptional Service- We take care of our customers by exceeding their expectations

• Attention to Detail/Sense of Urgency- We must pull together and get the job done

• Lead with Integrity- We are honest and upfront in our work, with our colleagues and in our dealings with our customers and business partners

• Accountability: “All-In” Accountability

Team Player

• Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all

• Can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups

• Can solve problems with peers with minimum noise

• Is seen as a team player and is cooperative

• Easily gains trust and support of peers

• Encourages collaboration

• Be reliable, responsible, and flexible

• Always be ready to help

• Knows when to ask for assistance

Communication

• Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization

• Provides individuals information so they can make accurate decisions

• Can speak and write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles Sound Decision Making

• Makes good, timely decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment

• Most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time

• Sought out by others for advice and solution

• Consistent logic, rationality & objectivity in decision making

• Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure

• Has self-discipline to act on the best alternative

Humility

• Quickly admits flaws and mistakes

• Asks for help when needed

• Is careful to make others comfortable

• Is authentic

• Helps others save face in difficult situations

• Maximizes the contribution of all

• Encourages the expression of viewpoints from all concerned

• Is modest and self-effacing; Respects the views of others

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.