Description

Overview:

Risus is hiring a Staff Accountant for a fast-paced corporate environment with high visibility to the Executive Leadership Team. This position is a key part of a small corporate headquarters team supporting the Corporate Controller and senior executive management for a large national packaging manufacturer and distributor. As a Staff Accountant, you will be responsible for daily accounting and reporting functions at the corporate headquarters. Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, self-motivated, team player, extremely flexible, and able to prioritize work and perform multiple tasks concurrently are crucial for success in this role. This is a full-time position and will sit on-site at our corporate office in Newtown Square, PA.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Shared responsibility for Accounts Payable processing
• Responsible for assistance with daily treasury reporting and correspondence and requests from operating locations relating to banking
• Shared responsibility for the month-end close process, month-end journal entries, and reconciliations
• Responsible for processing billing and cash receipts as needed
• Assistance with resolution of tax notices for Corporate income and franchise tax
• Maintain tax packet used for return preparation for corporate and franchise tax
• Assist in a year-end review of tax packets and depreciation schedules
• Responsible for registered agent oversight and state registrations/annual reports
• Responsible for consolidated sales/use tax review and filing with outside tax group
• Review sales/use tax processes at operating locations and review alternatives for more efficient processing
• Provide support to the accounting departments at the subsidiary level
• Involved with year-end close, external year-end audit, and other projects as needed
• Opportunities to work on technical accounting research and analysis as needed

Qualifications

• A college degree in accounting is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years in accounting/tax reporting/ treasury experience.
• Proficient experience in Excel
• Interest in pursuing a CPA is a plus