Senior Associate Accounting Full Time

Summary

Under general supervision, performs administrative duties within the finance and/or accounting department. Assists in the preparation, analysis, review, verification and reconciliation of various records, financial reports and statements. Prepares standard and specialized financial reports (i.e., account reconciliations, balance sheets, income statements, pro formas, etc.) and performs basic financial analyses to summarize current and projected company financial position.

Essential Job Functions

Distributes invoices, posts batches, receives payments, processes accounts payable invoices, and mails accounts payable checks.
Calculates moderately complex commissions, interest, and payments for each transaction; creates and distributes moderately complex commission statements for each transaction for closing.
Assists in completing special report requests from internal and external partners.
Assists in determining methods and procedures for new assignments to ensure alignment with department policies and procedures.
Contacts other departments and/or outside agencies to resolve problems. Collaborates with other department in researching and escalating current and potential problems.
Reports problems and other issues and makes recommendations to management to improve procedures.
Maintains customer specific program information in tables, auditing orders and reporting; makes necessary corrections to vendor claims, and answers queries about the program.
May provide procedural assistance to less experienced accounting staff to ensure company policies and procedures are learned and followed.
Prepares and may post routine journal entries for company accounts in order to keep accounting systems accurate and up to date.
Assists in and/or reconciles balance sheet and income statement accounts to general ledger; researches basic discrepancies and determines appropriate course of action.
Develops spreadsheets for account analysis and journal entries in order to keep records organized and standardized.
Basic Qualifications

High school diploma or G.E.D.
Six or more years of finance administration experience
Experience working with generally accepted accounting principles
Experience working with bookkeeping
Experience working with financial software packages
Other Qualifications

Personal computer and business solutions software skills
Organizational skills to balance and prioritize work
Communication skills to interface with company employees
Leadership skills
Interpersonal skills to interact with team members
Analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to work in a team environment
Work Environment

Office environment

Tagged as: accounting systems, accounts payable, balance sheet, business solutions, customer relations, finance, financial justification, general ledger, insurance, journal entries, ledger, quality, sales