Staff Accountant

Ref ID: 04853688

Classification: Staff Accountant

Compensation: $75000.00 to $80000.00 yearly

Staff Accountant candidates will be interested in Robert Half Finance's full-time opportunity with an innovative company. You might be our ideal candidate, if you are driven by a challenging work environment with many components. You will succeed in this Staff Accountant position if you can prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. To thrive in this role, you will need to perform internal reporting during the monthly close, participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules reporting processes. This Milwaukee, Wisconsin area-based position is a challenging, multi-faceted opportunity to work for a company that recognizes and rewards hard work. Are you a detail-oriented and analytical thinker with a talent for creating Financial Statements? You might thrive in this role.

Your responsibilities

- Regular maintenance and reconciliation of journal entries

- Support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process, which includes monthly financial close workbook preparation

- Maintain, implement, and adhere to internal controls while ensuring that accounting procedures comply with GAAP

- Upon request, take part in special projects and impromptu reporting

- Take part in various department-wide initiatives

- Coordinate and analyze a variety of financial data, then report it in a way that is useful and understandable

- Manage depreciation, fixed asset ledgers, and reconciliation

- Assemble analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for management reporting

- In-depth knowledge of reconciling month end balance sheet accounts

- Manage schedules for monthly payments and capital lease

- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll

- Conduct month end close and compose journal entries with minimal supervision

- Maintain intercompany transactions, billings, and reconciliations

Job Requirements:
- Competent with spreadsheets and databases

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- Knowledgeable of ERP systems

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

- Month end closings experience desired

- General familiarity with Microsoft Excel

- Commission statements experience

- Proven knowledge of commissions accounting

- Commissions experience highly desired

- Knowledge of account reconciliation

- Strong familiarity with Aging Reports

- Well-founded grasp of financial statement preparation

- Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

- Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus

- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to exercise good judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis

- Observant, accurate and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment

- Dedication and requisite skills to meet critical business deadlines

- Recent and relevant accounting experience

- Self-driven motivator who takes initiative on projects with a strong ability to understand and solve creative challenges

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