A great UHY client is seeking a Staff Accountant. The ideal candidate will have corporate accounting experience, strong month-end close and financial reporting knowledge, and advanced Excel skills.
The Staff Accountant role is a onsite position. This is a direct hire position.
Staff Accountant Responsibilities
- Assist the Financial Reporting Manager with monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities.
- Prepare and record journal entries, accruals, and supporting documentation in accordance with accounting standards.
- Ensure journal entries are accurate, properly supported, and maintain complete audit trails.
- Maintain and reconcile intercompany balances and transactions across multiple business units.
- Prepare monthly account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and management reports.
- Assist with the preparation and consolidation of financial statements.
- Analyze consolidated financial results and investigate variances as needed.
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data within the accounting system.
- Validate financial information and assist with financial data uploads and system maintenance.
- Support internal and external audit requests by preparing schedules and providing supporting documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and timely completion of accounting activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and reporting efficiencies.
Staff Accountant Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Accounting degree preferred.
- CPA or CPA-eligible designation preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years of corporate accounting or finance experience.
- Experience with monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
- Strong understanding of journal entries, accrual accounting, reconciliations, consolidations, and financial reporting.
- Experience supporting internal and external audits.
- Public accounting experience from a local, regional, or national firm is preferred.
- Manufacturing industry experience is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting processes.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience with Planful, Hyperion, or similar financial reporting and planning systems is preferred.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.
- High attention to detail with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
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UHY Advisors' Resource Solutions Group provides clients with accomplished professionals to support finance, accounting, internal audit and tax teams. Whether it is project work, loaned staff support or business process outsourcing–we are ready to meet your needs.
Our team has extensive experience with a wide range of clients from middle market, closely held organizations to large Fortune 500 companies. We focus on finance and accounting, internal audit, IT audit and tax. We offer direct, personal involvement from senior practitioners and strive to meet clients' needs rapidly.
Pay: $75,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- This is a direct hire position. Please confirm your understanding.
- Do you have at least 3 years of corporate accounting experience?
- Do you have strong month-end close and financial reporting knowledge?
- Are you proficient in Microsoft Excel?
- Do you have a Bachelors degree in accounting or finance?
- Do you have strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills?
Work Location: In person
