Job Title: Staff Accountant

Department: Finance

Job Reports To: Controller

POSITION OVERVIEW:

This position will be responsible for a variety of duties, including advanced-level financial record keeping, reconciliations, vendor relation management, schedules, transactions, and monthly invoicing. Must be a people person, with great communication skills, passionate about positively impacting lives, accounting, and solving problems.

Qualification Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or equivalent experience is preferred
• ERP systems experience
• Strong accounting knowledge and understanding of US GAAP
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of major accounting software packages for general ledger and statutory accounting
• Must be able to effectively handle multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline driven environment
• Strong analytical and accounting skills
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills
• The position is an onsite only position located in Salt Lake City, Utah

Specific Skills / Competencies Desired

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and take on difficult tasks with a high level of accuracy and efficiency
• Superior attention to detail with a high sense of urgency
• Financial record keeping experience which may have involved using automated financial management systems such as QuickBooks to use and maintain double-entry accounting systems a plus
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

Essential Job Duties

• Classifies a wide variety of receipts and expenditures
• Prepare and analyze financial statements and tax returns for accuracy and legal compliance
• Creates and maintains schedules of various balance sheet accounts
• Provide support for annual financial statement audits, as well as periodic internal audits
• Prepare monthly and quarterly Journal Entries and account reconciliations for payroll, job costing, and beginning balances
• Reviews and checks a wide variety of complex account keeping records and reports
• Reconciles bank and credit card statements
• Computes payments to invoices within the system to account for customer receivables correctly
• Uses computer applications such as Google sheets, Outlook Calendar, Slack and database software in performing work assignments
• Maintain relationships with vendors
• Efficient filling of reconciled records
• Other duties as assigned