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Position: Staff Accountant
Location: Vinings/Hybrid work model
Who Are We: Purchasing Power (corp.purchasingpower.com)
We are an Atlanta-based voluntary benefit company offering an industry-leading employee purchase program for brand-name consumer products, online education services and travel offerings through convenient payroll deduction, helping employees achieve financial flexibility.
The Opportunity: The Staff Accountant will be responsible for the complete, accurate and timely reporting of financial transactions in the General Ledger (both P&L and balance sheet) for their assigned areas of responsibility. You will perform periodic ad hoc financial analysis and assist in preparing and supporting period-end reporting.
What You Will Do:
- Demonstrate understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) by accurately and timely preparing and entering journal entries into the general ledger system
- Timely prepare assigned balance sheet account reconciliations and identify and resolve reconciling items by working with business partners
- Assist with the reconciliation of transactions and indirect tax general ledger accounts
- Assist with the coordination of sales tax work with external service provider
- Perform general ledger and financial analysis on a period or ad hoc basis
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with internal and external business partners
- Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the accounting activities of the organization as well as internal and external financial reporting
- Ensure financial transactions are recorded in compliance with GAAP as well as company policies and procedures
- Monitor and adhere to internal controls and proactively bring suggestions for improvement to the Accounting Supervisor
- Prepare documentation for external auditors
- Assist with review of the detailed consolidated team client performance report used for month/quarter end reporting, commission payouts and financial planning
- Prepare various month end reporting (i.e., Client Receivable Recon, Team Log, etc.)
- Coordinate efforts between Payroll Payment Operations and the Accounting team to resolve any variances between cash received and the general ledger
- Reconcile high volumes of payment batch transactions and reversals to various cash sources
- Assist in special projects and ad hoc reporting as needed
- Other duties as assigned to support other teams including Accounts Payable and/or the Payroll Payment Operations teams
The Experience You Will Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Solid technical knowledge of GAAP (Accounting test will be administered if not a CPA)
- 1-5 years of experience in Accounting
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office (advanced Excel skills)
- Ability to read and analyze financial transactions and reports
- Strong attention to detail, time management and change agility
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work overtime in times of peak workload cycles including month and year-end close
- Proven ability to handle multiple project simultaneously
- Positive attitude
Preferred Skills:
- Licensed Georgia CPA
- Public Accounting expereince
- Experience working in a large ERP system
Your Well Being:
- Hybrid work model (Onsite/Offsite)
- Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, company paid Basic Life/AD&D
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Flexible PTO
- Career Development
- Employee Purchase Program
What We Stand For:
- We act with intensity, urgency and a passion for supporting our customers and growing our business. We strive for excellence.
- We hold ourselves accountable and expect it of each other. We attack problems with a positive “can do” attitude. We do what we say we’ll do.
- We deliver as one team, working together with integrity, respect, trust, transparency, and fun. We are better because we work here.
- We believe our unique diversity and authenticity makes us a better company, allows us to be our best selves and is a competitive advantage.
- We exhibit innate curiosity and creativity to innovate and reimagine how things can be done. We ask, is there a better way?
Purchasing Power is an equal opportunity employer. At Purchasing Power, we make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promoting, transferring, demoting, evaluating, compensating and separating, without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, age, national origin, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, service in the uniform services, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.
