If you're looking to build your career in accounting, there's currently a Staff Accountant position through Robert Half that you may want to check out. Based in the Parsippany, New Jersey region, this company offers an engaging and mulit-faceted long-term contract / temporary opportunity where effort is rewarded. The Staff Accountant plays a major role in the preparation of monthly and year-end closings, journal entries, fixed asset maintenance, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation. The majority of time spent will be dedicated to producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. During the monthly close, many aspects of internal reporting will be your responsibility. You'll also communicate with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, take part in compliance, and look over schedules for the reporting processes.What you get to do every single day- Aid in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP- Support fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation- Be responsible for account reconciliations including prepaid expenses, payroll, and other assignments- Maintain monthly payment schedules- Ad-hoc tasks and special projects, as needed- Be a part of various initiatives spanning multiple departments- Commentate on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a useful and understandable manner- Play a role in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation- Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for management reporting- Complete month end close, journal entries, without supervision