SUMMARY- A Senior Staff Accountant oversees complex accounting operations, including month-end closing, financial statement preparation, fixed assets accounting, and general ledger reconciliation, ensuring GAAP compliance. Position occupants will analyze financial accounting data for accuracy, mentor junior staff, assist with audits, and payroll. This role requires strong ERP and Excel skills, analytical ability, and process improvement recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting:
- Review and analyze Trail Balance and ledgers. Review and analyze financial statements, including balance sheets and income statements, ensuring accuracy and GAAP compliance.
Reconciliations :
- Perform complex reconciliations for bank accounts, general ledger accounts, and liability accounts.
Month-End Close :
- Participate in monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes, including preparing and reviewing journal entries.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal accounting policies
- Coordinate with auditors and provide necessary documentation
Audit Support:
- Coordinate with external auditors, providing necessary documentation and work papers for audits.
Payroll Support:
- Provide support as required, review accounting entries and timely tax payments.
Asset Lifecycle Management:
· Record fixed asset acquisitions, disposals, transfers, and retirements in the ERP system.
· Calculates and post depreciation for fixed assets and amortization for intangibles.
· Reconcile the fixed asset subledger to the general ledger (GL) monthly.
· Review invoices and expenditures to determine proper capitalization based on company policy and GAAP.
· C oordinate physical counts of assets and reconcile results with the accounting records.
· Analyze fixed asset transactions and account balances to provide insights to management.
Mentorship:
- Guide and mentor junior accounting staff, reviewing their work to maintain high-quality standards.
- Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements for accounting systems, procedures, and internal controls
Compliance:
Ensure compliance with internal policies, GAAP, and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Experience: 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
Skills and Knowledge
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications with advance Excel required and ERP accounting software.
• Proficiency and hands-on experience with financial management software required.
• Experience overseeing general ledger and the annual audit support
• Superior data management and data analysis skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented with a passion for accuracy.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to explain financial terms in simple language.
• Knowledge of governmental accounting theory, principles, and procedures
• Knowledge of internal control procedures and management information systems
• Knowledge of public finance and fiscal planning
• Knowledge of local government cash management practices
• Knowledge of accounting and reporting systems and requirements, including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
• Ability to perform other assigned duties.
• Preferred: Governmental accounting and systems experience (e.g. Tyler Technology Munis) Ability
Working conditions
• Full-time exempt.
• Occasional evening meetings or work.
Physical requirements
• This position requires sitting (90%), standing (5%), and walking (5%). It requires computer work involving extensive use of keyboard, mouse, and monitor; and occasionally requires lifting materials of ~20 lbs.
Commonly Supervised By
• Controller
• DCFO
Exempt : No
Type : FT Employee
Department : Finance/Payroll/125
Location : 125
