Corporate Accountant

Overview

This role oversees accounting operations, including preparing accurate financial reports, maintaining reliable accounting records, and implementing effective controls and budgets to mitigate risk, improve financial accuracy, and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

The ideal candidate has demonstrated accounting experience and a strong understanding of business operations, with the ability to work effectively across multiple business units to support departmental initiatives. Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform Accounts Receivable functions, including:
  • Invoicing
  • Manual check application
  • Aging reports
  • Account reconciliation
• Enter routine journal entries and bank transactions
• Enter AP bills and credit card transactions if needed
• Perform month-end closing and reconciliation
• Reconcile, investigate, correct, and adjust accounting information
• Perform bank reconciliation
• Support department peers as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 1–2 years of accrual basis accounting experience, including:
  • Accounts receivable
  • Journal entries
  • Month-end closing and reconciliation
  • Bank reconciliation
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position
• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to interact within all levels of the organization
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage projects
• Detail-oriented with excellent proofreading and editing skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, organized, able to prioritize, and work independently
• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a professional office environment.
• Largely sedentary; required to sit/stand for long periods while using a computer and telephone headset.
• Regularly required to operate a computer and other office equipment, including a phone, copier, and printer.
• Occasionally required to move about the office to accomplish tasks, reach in any direction, raise/lower objects, move objects from place to place, hold onto objects, and move or exert force up to forty (40) pounds.

Conditions of Employment

• Must be authorized to work in the country where the job is based.
• Subject to the program and location of the position.
• Must be willing to submit up to a LEVEL II background and/or security investigation with a fingerprint; job offers are contingent on results.
• Must be willing to submit to drug screening; job offers are contingent on results. (Does not apply in Canada.)

Reasonable Accommodation

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the employer provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless doing so would cause undue hardship.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment decisions are based on merit and qualifications, without discrimination based on protected characteristics under applicable laws. The employer also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with local and federal requirements.

Application Requirements

To be considered, submit a full application on the employer’s careers page, including all screening questions and a brief pre-employment test.

Note

This job description provides a general overview and is not an all-inclusive list of duties. Additional duties may be assigned. The employer may revise this job description at any time, and the position is not a contract for employment.