Staff Accountant II

Summary The Staff Accountant’s II is a accounting professional with a mid-level experience, responsible for performing complex accounting tasks including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting, often specializing in a specific area like accounts payable or fixed assets, while demonstrating a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and requiring less supervision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

• Ensures all company policies and procedures are followed
• Analyze, research, and reconcile ledger activities
• Prepare and maintain financial records and reports
• Create and maintain programming to automate account transactions
• Develop and maintain cost allocation plans
• Review and streamline accounting procedures
• Maintain records and accounts to comply with grant procedures
• Prepare and maintain control accounting records
• Maintain adequate records of expenditures, funds, and expenses as well as revenue collected and deposited
• Organized record keeping or some filing may be required
• Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions.
• Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; Meets challenges with resourcefulness; Generates suggestions for improving work; Develops innovative approaches and ideas; Presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time; Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; Arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals. Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Diversity - Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy; Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; educates others on the value of diversity; promotes a harassment-free environment; Builds a diverse workforce.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values; Benefits organization through outside activities.
• Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Education and/or Experience                                                   

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a four-year College or university; or five years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.  Knowledge of financial software tools, and fixed assets.  Previous AP/AR experience.   Strong knowledge of Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, Pivot Tables, and Word.

Language Skills                                                               

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret the most complex documents.
•  Communicate well with all levels of personnel including but not limited to employees, management, and officers.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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 stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 30 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.