Staff Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Areas of accounting to assist with include corporate consolidation, accounting for corporate activities (IT, finance, HR, etc.), accounting for prepaid accounts, workers compensation, and general liabilities, including month-end close and reconciliation of related balance sheet accounts.
• Work closely with corporate and brand teams, balancing excellent customer service with an efficient process.
• Assist in maintaining and updating general ledger account trees. Add new general ledger accounts as necessary.
• Prepare and distribute monthly analyses of variances both to prior month actuals and to forecast for corporate activities.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts.
• Prepare monthly analyses of variances both to prior month actuals and to forecast.
• Take on other responsibilities and prepare ad hoc analyses as requested by management team.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in accounting or finance.
• Ability to quickly learn and maneuver in systems. Experience with Sage preferred.
• Self-directed, highly organized and able to meet strict deadlines.
• Detail-oriented, yet able to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact effectively in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with IT, HR, brand finance and other business groups.
• Strong customer service ethic – must understand and agree that our job is to make the other employees’ lives easier so that they can do a better job serving our customers!
• Positive attitude and patience are REQUIRED!