New Ecology, Inc. (NEI) seeks a full-time Staff Accountant. Reporting to Principal Director of Finance and Analytics, the Staff Accountant will be responsible for day-to-day general accounting and overall bookkeeping. The ideal candidate will have a background in accounting, a keen eye for accuracy, and the ability to manage competing priorities and shift between tasks easily.

Duties and Responsibilities

The responsibilities include:

• Manage Accounts Payable, including accurately entering bills, following up for approval to ensure timely payment in weekly pay runs; and booking associated journal entries for prepaid and accrued items
• Review staff expense reports, including following up for missing receipts, correcting for accuracy, following up for approval to ensure timely payment
• Support Accounts Receivable, including recording daily cash receipts, following up for overdue payments, sending invoices out to clients, creating client statements
• Support Monthly Bank Reconciliations, including uploading transaction files, enter transactions and conducting reconciliations
• Maintain electronic files and database records such as creating new contract records, customer payments records, vendor records and files
• Monitor finance email account, determining when to escalate items to other team members, and communicating effectively with colleagues, vendors and clients
• Contribute to the month-end close process with journal entries including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses, accrued expenses, payroll, benefits and deferred revenue
• Support Finance Team by conducting analyses, completing grant allocations and creating financial and management reports, as requested
• Contribute to the annual financial close and audit process by creating audit schedules, completing documented reconciliations, collecting documents and keeping up to date with accounting rules
• Lead the annual 1099 filing process
• Contribute to the implementation and adherence to internal financial controls and accounting procedures, ensuring compliance with GAAP