Accountant

POSITION SUMMARY

Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain a record of the organization's assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function, with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help qualified individuals with disabilities perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Report to management regarding the finances of the establishment.
• Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
• Compute taxes owed, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports comparing budgeted and actual costs.
• Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses or individuals.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
• Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the description, value, and location of property.
• Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, or maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
• Miscellaneous tasks as directed.
• Systems management.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for their actions.
• Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Confidentiality - Ability to keep sensitive information private and secure.
• Communication - Ability to communicate effectively with others clearly and concisely.
• Detail-Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to accepted values and standards.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Organized - Being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Proactive – Ability to create or control a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened.
• Professionalism—Avoid business or personal activities that present a conflict of interest. Conduct yourself, the department, and the company in a manner that is favorable to all three.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Experience: Prior experience in accounting preferred.

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Suite, NetSuite, and QuickBooks.