What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at The Goodkind Group, LLC?
TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT – Accountant
Long Island or New York City
Accounting/PAS Role 2-5 year's experience.
The Accountant serves as members of various client service teams and are responsible for a variety of administrative accounting functions.
Primary responsibilities include compiling and maintaining accounts payable records on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. Other essential functions include:
- Reviewing all vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
- Communicating with vendors to resolve any payment discrepancies
- Compiling accounts payable data into spreadsheets
- Maintaining accurate vendor master lists, with correct addresses and other necessary information
- Assisting with year-end duties including the processing of 1099 information for applicable vendors
- Expense coding of credit card activity
- Performing various vendor analysis and reconciliation and other ad-hoc projects as requested by client service teams
- Informing supervisors of any potential issues, priorities and required follow-up
- Performing daily, weekly, and monthly recordkeeping tasks
- Completing assignments on a timely basis and meet deadlines set by supervisors
- Monitoring various sources (e.g., client email, client inbox systems, and relevant portals) to retrieve, organize, process and file client information and forward to others as appropriate
- Updating information tracking systems to monitor receipt of expected invoices and other documents
MUST HAVE-Associate Degree in Accounting (or related subject area), or Accounting Certificate or minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience
- Previous experience in accounts payable, accounting and/or account reconciliations
- Solid foundation in accounting principles and practices preferred
- Ability to interact with and gain respect of all levels of internal and client personnel
- Proficient use of technology including MS Excel, MS Word, general ledger software (e.g., QuickBooks, Sage Intacct), bill payment software (e.g., bill.com), expense management software (e.g., Expensify)
- Ability to work overtime as necessary
Salary : $30 - $43