Junior Accountant

Junior Accountant | Full Time | Temp-to-Hire

Paterson, NJ | Fully on-site

Monday - Friday | 8:00am to 4:30pm

1-3 years experience required - willing to train

This is an addition to staff for our client's growing team!  Great opportunity to work closely with the Controller.

Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable / Cash Applications experience is strongly desired.

 Must have excellent interpersonal skills.

Position Summary:

Responsible for assisting in the preparation of the monthly Financials with related schedules and assisting the Controller with the monitoring and evaluation of the day-to-day activities in the Finance Department. This role outside of finance and accounting is also responsible for the review and approval of field technicians’ daily time.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Controller with monthly/yearend financial closing process and preparation of schedules and analyses.
• Manage and maintain accrual/prepaid schedules, fixed asset activity and book journal entries.
• Prepare monthly comparison between actual and budget and analyze deviations to help management take the right action.
• Assist with annual budgeting process, audit requests and external CPA’s requests.
• Review and approve all field technicians’ daily hours in the field management ERP system.
• Post daily cash receipts, manage daily cash balance and AP check run.
• Monthly reconciliation of bank statements.
• Researching and correcting account discrepancies and general ledger accounts.
• Under the direction of the Controller, prepare and file monthly, quarterly, and annual Sales Tax.
• Prepare and post general journal entries to Intacct accounting system.
• Establish, maintain, and improve accounting policies and principles to ensure compliance.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis where required to assist in management decision making.
• Other projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting required.
• 2-3 years of experience in financial reporting and analysis.
• Good computer proficiency in all Microsoft applications – Excel, PowerPoint.
• Experience with Intacct accounting software a +
• Exceptional people skills, the ability to create and maintain productive work relationships with people who are not used to working with finance teams.
• Ability to manage fast-paced work processes and thrive in a dynamic and growing organization with lean structure.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self -driven with ability to multi-task in a deadlines-oriented environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a passion for digitizing/automating/standardizing processes.
• Demonstrates initiative and creativity in achieving results.