Associate Staff Accountant

Position Overview

The Associate Staff Accountant will provide key support to the accounting department by performing the following essential job duties:

We are seeking a capable Associate Staff Accountant to join a dedicated team for a full-time role in a busy and growing multi-entity company. You should be a sound accounting professional as well as an individual who likes to take ownership of their responsibilities and is self-motivated with a disciplined and methodical approach to duties and responsibilities.

Principal Responsibilities

  • Prepare accounting related entries to numerous registers, journals, and logs
  • Supporting the upload process for various leases.
  • Working on new projects as per business needs.
  • Vendor uploads / accounts payable
  • Uploads for various allocations, especially tasks related to our inventory.
  • Provide explanations of your processed transactions
  • Maintain accrual reports and amortization schedules
  • Preparing and updating ME Balance Sheet Reconciliations as per SOX compliance requirements.
  • Support in annual financial audits
  • Follow our company’s established accounting processes
  • Support accounts payable activities to ensure accuracy and timeliness of invoice creation and entry
  • Interface and assist accounting team in resolving problems, GL coding questions, and process improvement
  • Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as required
  • Import detailed accounting journals in ERP accounting system
  • ADHOC projects in support of the accounting department
  • Task modifications as per newly adopted SOX compliance requirements.

Qualifications and Competencies

  • 2+ years of general professional accounting experience
  • Proactive and deadline-oriented professional.
  • Proven understanding of accounting fundamentals
  • ERP Accounting software experience (NetSuite, etc.) (highly preferred)
  • Experienced with expense reporting/paperless AP software programs
  • Solid Advanced Excel Skills with pivot tables and VLOOKUP's
  • Skilled with MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams
  • Basic knowledge or understanding of Salesforce (a plus)
  • BS Degree in Accounting or Finance (or the equivalent of experience/education)
  • Highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data
  • Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong problem-solving, organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task