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Job Summary:
The Accountant is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records and executing month end closing procedures. Responsibilities include balancing subsidiary accounts; reconciling transactions; posting reconciling items; and resolving discrepancies. This position requires sound analytical skills, hands-on accounting experience and an in-depth understanding of accounting principles.
Key Job Elements
- Enters monthly journal entries to properly record accounting transactions, ensuring that journal entries have proper backup to substantiate the entry.
- Monitor daily cash operations for all entities. Reconcile and update the daily cash position for multiple bank accounts.
- Confirm all bank activity is accounted for and posted accurately. This position works closely with all Finance functions, AP, AR, and PR.
- Assist with the reconciliation of intercompany and inter-fund transactions.
- Prepare complex monthly bank reconciliations and ensure reconciling items are communicated and resolved timely.
- Responsible for performing balance sheet, revenue, expense, and payroll account reconciliations.
- Calculate and book various month end accruals and assist in month end closing.
- Coordinates and participates in special projects as needed.
- Under limited supervision acts independently, resolves complex issues, and act as a resource to others.
- Prepare monthly journal entries requiring calculations of a moderate to high level of difficulty.
- Review general ledger detail and expense run-rates to identify and record required adjustments and reclassifications.
- Assist with the identification and implementation of process improvement initiatives.
- Provide internal and external auditors with requested documentation.
Qualifications & Skills:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or related field; or a combination of relevant work experience and education
- 3+ years’ experience in similar or related role
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, emphasis on Excel
- Knowledgeable in Google Suite applications
- Detail oriented and highly organized
Preferred:
- Experience in a PA public school setting is a plus
- Experience with Quickbooks, Blackbaud Financial Edge, and UltiPro HR and Payroll is a plus
