Staff Accountant

The Walla Walla Union Bulletin seeks Staff Accountant to assist the Finance Director with reporting, projecting, and tracking of financial performance across multiple products and platforms for the company. The Staff Accountant provide customer service for advertising and circulation customers as well as accounting support to all departments of the paper. They will process all accounts receivable by receipt of cash, check, or credit card payment. The Staff Accountant is responsible for journal entries, account reconciliation, and additional duties as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

·        General ledger maintenance and reconciliation.

·        Prepare journal entries at month end.

·        Support Finance Director in special projects.

·        Accounts receivable

·        Resolve problems and look for procedural changes to prevent errors from recurring when appropriate.

·        Receive payments through the mail and in the office, and post to the appropriate invoice. Reconcile cash received daily and prepare bank deposits.

·        Maintain a subsidiary ledger for cash receipts

Other Duties

·        Other various miscellaneous duties.

Job Requirements

Experience

Minium 3 years Accounting Experience

Skills and Abilities / Lifting Requirements (Maximum weight required)

·        Strong general ledger knowledge.

·        Financial modeling, analytical and financial analysis skills required

·        Excellent PC skills including Microsoft applications Excel and Word

·        Excellent organizational and analytical skills

·        Strong ethical standards and integrity are a must

·        Minimal Lifting – potentially moving files into boxes

Minimum Education, certifications or licenses 

Bachelor’s degree in either Business or Accounting or Associate’s degree with a minimum of 2 Years’ experience in the field.

Contact with Others

Frequent contact with internal employees, outside clients, general public, legal firms, vendors, etc.

Supervision Received

Works independently using established policies and procedures as guidelines.

Supervision of others

NA

Pressure of Work

Meeting deadlines is critical in this position. Deadlines are set well in advance, and support to this position is available if additional work makes deadlines unobtainable. This position is heavily involved in the Month End Financial close, as well as working with Inventory and Revenue reporting weekly. 

Impact

This position is vital to the finance department for both WWUB & YHR. This position is the only finance position in WWUB and provides support for other departments.  

Primary Job Location (Indicate whether the position is remote, or travel required)

Walla Walla Union Bulletin/ Hybrid (remote) work ok with approval

Travel would only be to Yakima, and be very rare if ever