Staff Accountant

The Gig: 

The Staff Accountant will be responsible for the revenue recognition accounting operations by balancing and verifying all company revenue, cost, and balance sheet and related transactions. 

Staff Accountant responsibilities include reconciling account balances and validating revenue and cost of  sale transactions, ensuring journal entries and revenue related transactions are accurately posted by  appropriate systems. Assist with the preparation of month-end flash reports and dashboards and close  procedures.  

A successful Staff Accountant combines excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of  accounting principles to analyze financial reports and forecasts. This can be accomplished by utilizing our  Work Day Accounting System and other ancillary revenue systems. The ideal candidate will work  collaboratively with a team of skilled professionals in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment,  demonstrating precision and expertise, in order to maximize efficiency and productivity. 

What You'll Be Up To: 

• Prepares and records revenue and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account  information. 

• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling  transactions including resolving discrepancies. 

• Reconciles general ledger balances by comparing reports from ancillary revenue systems with  the general ledger in a timely manner. 

• Summarizes financial status by collecting information; preparing financial reports, assisting with  the profit and loss statements and other revenue recognition related statements. 

• Provide daily, weekly, monthly and annual dashboard reports outlining both revenues and  expenses for various management levels.  

• Function in accordance with established standards, procedures and applicable laws.

• Research, track and restore accounting or documents problems/discrepancies.

• Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts; providing  information for auditors. 

• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential. 

• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional  publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

• Provide support to the Manager of Revenue Accounting. 

• Ability to be a self-starter and self-motivator. 

• Other job duties as assigned.

SuperPowers Required: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required  

• 5+ years’ experience in general or tax accounting  

• Experience with computerized ledger systems  

• Advanced knowledge of Excel  

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills  

• Ability to function well in a team-oriented environment  

• Familiarity with Work Day General Ledger a plus 

What Matters to Us:

At Virgin, your personality matters as much as how good you are at what you do. We want you to bring it to our hangout spot and help make the place even better. So, we won’t be surprised to hear that when people talk about you they say you are clever, on top of it, able to think ahead, intuitive, passionate and someone people respect and enjoy working with because you make things happen.