Staff Accountant

Company: Superior Hires, LLC
Location: Sugar Land
Posted on: March 15, 2020

Job Description:

Senior and/or Staff Accountant
New Contract to Hire Positions for an Established, Growing, Fortune 500 Company. Our team is looking for a self-motivated individual who wants to grow and take their career to the next level. This person will be given an opportunity to have hands-on experience in the day-to-day transactional accounting function within a shared service financial environment.

Primary Focus Areas:

• Manages and drives the monthly close cycle helping ensure that all deadlines are met
• Prepares/Reviews monthly journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations
• Reconcile various company-wide bank accounts
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information
• Maintains and balances accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with FP&A partners and other internal customers while building relationships
• Research balance sheet and profit and loss account variances
• Special projects, ad-hoc reporting and other duties as assigned
  Other Advanced Duties/Responsibilities:
  • Supervise Staff Accountants (if applicable)
  • Ensure financial statements are accurate applying generally accepted accounting principles, GAAP
  • Provide guidance to the field on accounting matters
  • Pro-actively identify journal entries for assigned area
  • Drive process improvements
  • Perform trend and account analysis. Identify, explain and communicate variances and the drivers behind them
  • Reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts
  • Prepare PBC schedules and assist with external and SOX audits Minimum Requirements:
    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting is highly preferred but will consider candidates with a Finance degree and 2 years of accounting experience.
    • General ledger accounting experience in public accounting or industry accounting required
    • CPA (candidate) preferred
    • Strong knowledge of ERP Accounting, JDE or Oracle preferred
    • Must be proficient in MS Excel and Word
    • Possess a positive attitude, continuous improvement mind-set, strong outgoing communication skills and a desire to learn, grow and advance
    • Commitment to teamwork through relationship-building, reliability, and collaboration
    • Be a problem solver that is able to work with different management levels in a fast-paced environment
      

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