Staff Accountant
Title: Staff Accountant
Department: Finance
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Status: FT Exempt
Hours per week: 40 hrs
General Description
The Staff Accountant is responsible for recording accounting and financial transactions for the organization. This includes performing cash management tasks such as recording cash and credit card charges, scanning deposits to the bank and reconciling petty cash. This position is also responsible for recording monthly journal entries and performing fiscal year-end processes. Providing these services in an effective and efficient manner will ensure finances are accurate and up to date.
Essential Job Functions
- Record and post daily payments received to various customer accounts/invoices, and code checks received
- Handling day-to-day accounting tasks, reconciling accounts, and assisting with daily, monthly and annual accounting tasks.
- Preparing accurate and timely reconciliations of general ledger accounts and bank statements.
- Serve as backup to the Accounts Payable Clerk
- Review and post monthly journal entries prepared by the CFO.
- Complete quarterly petty cash reconciliations and replenish when necessary
- Responsible for completing a monthly check list to ensure that all monthly tasks have been completed prior to month-end close deadline
- Assist Department Managers in creating annual program/department budgets.
- Perform periodic audits of staff reimbursement requests and VISA receipts/transactions.
- Perform the creation and mailing of annual 1099’s to contractors and other 1099 qualifiers as identified by the IRS
- Assists with the preparation of various audit reports and/or schedules, as assigned
- Complete special projects/analysis as requested or assigned
- Regular and predictable attendance
- Maintain confidentiality of all work-related matters
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related discipline required
- Extensive knowledge of general ledger accounting
- Proficiency in using accounting software
- Understanding of and ability to adhere to GAAP
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in budgeting and reconciliation
- Personal Experience with a Disability
- Strong attention to detail
- Proactive service mentality
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective verbal and listening communication skills
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This is largely a sedentary role.
OTHER DUTIES
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The Whole Person is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring staff members reflecting the great diversity of our community. Reasonable accommodation will be made upon request. People with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Job Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $50,000 - 74,999
