SOFT's client, located in South Plainfield, NJ is looking for an Accountant for a long term contract assignment.
Responsibilities:
•Interface with managers, field staff, and vendors to complete invoice pricing validation.
•Effectively facilitate requisitions and project change management
•Manage accruals, including new accruals and reaccrual tracking and reporting.
•Maintain spreadsheets of purchase order values, amounts billed to date, and balances remaining for various projects.
•Coordinate with cross functional teams to complete memorandums updating stakeholders on project statuses.
•Collaborate with internal stakeholders to manage remediation project management directives.
•Invoice processing; responsible to ensure each invoice is processed as per our corporate controls.
•Ensure vendor invoicing is up to date, requesting and review of aging report; validation of service entries/costs in SAP.
•Journal entry preparation and review.
•Ad-hoc reporting upon request
•Waste data tracking and support

Requirements:
•Understanding of accrual processes and knowledge of contracts
•Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, SharePoint, etc.).
•Strong data analytical skills,
•General knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
•Capability to work both collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
•Strong verbal and written communication skills.
•Strong organization, multitasking, and team building skills with ability to prioritize tasks.

Desirable Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
•Demonstrated working knowledge of SAP or other billing, accounting, or customer care systems.
•Demonstrated working knowledge of Excel including pivot tables and data analytics.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $45.00 per hour

Experience level:

• 3 years
• 4 years
• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• Have you managed accruals, including new accruals and reaccrual tracking and reporting? If so, where have you performed this work?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in South Plainfield, NJ 07080