Accounting Associate

Description Robert Half has a career-building opportunity for a Staff Accountant with experience and skill to join their team on a permanent basis. As a Staff Accountant, you will be in charge of preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation. You will also be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. You will lend your skills to developing and implementing accounting policies. In addition, you will participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules for the reporting processes. This position plays an intricate part in producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. This Vance, Alabama area-based position is a challenging, multi-faceted opportunity to work for a company that recognizes and rewards hard work.

What you get to do every day

• Survey and organize various financial data, reporting it in a useful and understandable manner

• Organize schedules for monthly payments and capital lease

• Implement, maintain, and adhere to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

• Recurring journal entries maintenance and reconciliation

• Prepare analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for management to report on

• Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation

• Take part in various department-wide initiatives

• Special projects and impromptu reporting, upon request

• Perform month end close, journal entries, with minimum supervision

• Prepare monthly financial close workbooks to support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process

• Maintain fixed asset ledgers, depreciation, and reconciliation

• Assemble journal entries and thorough account reconciliations that include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll

• In-depth knowledge of reconciling month end balance sheet accounts Requirements - Experience with SAP

• Strong familiarity with reconciliations

• Adeptness in SOX

• Practical knowledge of journal entries

• Accounts Payable (AP) experience highly preferred

• General familiarity with Monthly Close Processes

• Manufacturing experience desired

• Background working with Accounts Receivable (AR)

• Demonstrated knowledge of Monthly Close

• Microsoft Excel experience

• Automotive Industry experience preferred

• Top notch analytical, quantitative and social skills

• Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

• Recent and relevant accounting experience

• Ability to prioritize deals and adapt to quick changes while remaining diligent, and to thrive in a dynamic, high pressure environment

• Proficient with spreadsheets and databases

• Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities

• High attention to detail and possesses excellent organizational and writing skills

• Vow to meet business deadlines

• Mature organizational, written and verbal communication skills

• Efficient in ERP systems

• BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

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