We are seeking a Staff accountant who is eager to grow into a senior accountant role while maintaining a work-life balance. We believe that our company’s growth is strongly tied to the growth of our employees. This candidate will be one who wants to be an active member of a diverse and inclusive team.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Prepare financial statements
- Reconcile accounts and prepare monthly closing entries
- Communicate with client regarding items needed to close monthly financials
- Manage workload to align with billable expectations, maintaining budgets, regularly updating management on billable status
- Manage, organize, and resolve accounting and payroll issues with government agencies
- Prepare client payroll
- Create client invoices based on contract terms
- File personal property tax returns and business licenses
- Prepare 1099s
- Research issues using AI-powered resources
- Ability to grow into a senior accountant role
Required Skills
- Minimum of 2 recent year experience in QuickBooks Desktop and Online
- Ability to research accounting issues with AI-powered resources
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (emphasis on Excel and Word)
- Proficient in collaboration and communication tools such as Zoom, Teams, and Slack
- Proficient in AI Chatbots such as ChatGPT
- Knowledge of task management tools such as Monday.com
- Ambition to earn CPA designation
- Willingness to pursue further education and training
- Ability to recognize when an issue needs to be escalated to the next level of management
- Self-directed, highly motivated, accurate, and reliable
- Attentive to detail
- Ability to manage work to meet specific deadlines
- Ability to client interface virtually and in person
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Preferred Qualities
- Knowledge of accounting applications such as Deltek, Procas, Unanet
- CPA
- Seeks individual and team growth
- Willingness to accept greater responsibility
- Values the growth of our clients
- Embraces technology to improve efficiency
- Self-directed, highly motivated, accurate, and reliable
- Unafraid to make your voice heard
- Offers options and recommendations regarding problems
- Creative thinker who can develop and implement processes
- Team player who is willing to learn and to teach; believes that successes and failures are shared
Education And Job Knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field required
- 2 years of prior bookkeeping experience
