Accountant

Job title: Accountant

Location: 13995 Pasteur Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

Duration: 6 months contract

Pay range: $50/hour to $51/hour

Job Description

Description:
Perform light clerical duties within an accounting function. May type, match payments, check items on purchase orders, prepare bank deposits and perform other routine calculations. Perform basic accounting functions requiring knowledge of accounts payable and receivable and of bank reconciliation functions, answer customer inquiries, research problems and/or complaints, routine calculating, and post and verify duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records.

Job Specific Requirements:

This role involves performing and analyzing the accounting around Goods Received not invoiced (GRNI) to ensure they are in alignment with US GAAP and Corporate policies with a clear focus on financial reporting and internal control activities. In addition, this role will engage with internal and external business partners, and others on critical projects and processes to streamline and support GRNI activities. You will perform specific GRNI activities and processes ensuring quality results and reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the aging of open GRNI items within the system.
• Interacting with procurement (buyers), receiving (warehouses), and accounts payable (PTP) departments to facilitate communications and streamline the clearing processes.
• Identifying the root cause of issues that hinder the timely follow-up and clearing of aged items.
• Assisting the business to ensure that vendors are paid promptly, particularly in cases where inventory discrepancies are involved (PI inventory write-ons / write-offs may exist along with moving average price (MAP) errors).
• Providing guidance to business on how to process vendor pre-payments (without the 3-way match process, disruptions occur as inventory is GR’d).
• Conducting regular monthly and quarterly assessments to evaluate and address GRNI transactions that are unlikely to clear and require further research and analysis.
• Additional involvement in system implementation and testing.
•  Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external business partners

Qualifications:

• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minimum of 3 years prior relevant experience
• Detailed oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet corporate deadlines

Education:

• Bachelors

 Benefits Info:

• Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.