Staff Accountant

Job Description

Title: Staff Accountant

Job Summary:

The Staff Accountant plays a vital role in supporting the financial operations of a diverse portfolio of small business clients through accurate bookkeeping, financial reporting and tax compliance. Strong interpersonal skills are essential for building effective relationships with clients and coworkers. The ideal candidate is highly organized, anticipates and communicates issues proactively, and consistently meets deadlines while managing multiple priorities.

As part of 1RDG’s advisory team, the Staff Accountant will also gain visibility into higher-level strategic engagements including interim CFO and Controller projects, M&A transactions, due diligence, and operational improvement initiatives, with opportunities to participate as skill sets develop. This position provides meaningful exposure to complex client challenges and offers a clear path for professional growth

Responsibilities:

• Perform routine bookkeeping tasks, including reconciling balance sheet and income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and identify financial trends.
• Vendor maintenance and 1099 reporting.
• Prepare and/or review complex business and individual returns and/or perform financial statement compilations.
• Collaborate with the Advisory team to gain visibility into strategic projects such as interim CFO/Controller engagements, M&A support, due diligence, and process improvement initiatives, as opportunities arise.
• Develop positive working relationships with clients as well as with internal co-workers.
• Proactively identify issues, anticipate client needs, and keep supervisors informed of project status.
• Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
• Effectively manage workload, prioritize tasks, and meet all deadlines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience preferred (public accounting, bookkeeping, or small business environment a plus).
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and dependability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Microsoft excel skill preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands or fingers and sit.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.  The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.