What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at Vestis?
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
- Prepare journal entries for various accruals, actual expenses, reserves, etc for your assigned Canadian Market Centers. Clearly document sources of data and reasoning for entries.
- Reconciliation of assigned asset and liability accounts in a timely and accurate manner, adhering to GAAP and Company policies, to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Reconcile the AR Branch Transfers daily to ensure cash transfers between Canadian Market Centers were entered correctly. Communicate with relevant team members when there are variances. Prepare a journal entry monthly to reclass the net balances in the AR Branch Transfers accounts across the Canadian business.
- Analyze the Loss & Ruin invoices weekly and prepare a journal entry for reserves based on company policy. Monitor slow collections on Loss & Ruin invoices and communicate with the Market Center to resolve balances. Prepare a monthly reconciliation of the Loss & Ruin reserve.
- Perform a monthly audit of Canadian fuel charges based on company policy. Communicate findings to the fleet team and relevant management timely.
- Complete ad hoc reporting to support business analysis questions. Develop skills to extract and sort information posted to g/l using Oracle and Hyperion financial tools. Use spreadsheets and text to explain variances.
- Assist in planning / projecting expenses for overhead locations, or for selected total company expense categories.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the activities noted above.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Oracle and Hyperion Financials knowledge preferred.
- Strong spreadsheet experience required (experience with pivot tables, Vookup, for example).
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Organized, flexible self-starter.
- Ability to complete projects/tasks on time with minimal supervision.
- Solid problem-solving skills, which include well-supported proposed solutions to issues.
- Must be detail oriented with a strong ability to multitask.
- Must be able to manage time to meet established time cutoffs.
Working Environment/Safety Requirements:
- Ensure necessary working environment and capabilities to effectively carry out responsibilities in a work from home environment (remote work)
Experience/Qualifications:
- 3 to 5 years prior accounting experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field