What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Specialist position at Illinois FBFM?
Job Title: Accounting Specialist
Job Summary: Perform tax preparer/bookkeeper/ office assistant duties to help with the organization and performance of administrative tasks, as well as make monthly computer accounting entries for clients using QuickBooks.
The ideal candidate will be a hard-working professional able to undertake a variety of office support tasks and work diligently under pressure. This person will be comfortable working with a high degree of attention to detail and discretion as well as incorporating new and effective ways to achieve better results.
Essential Duties:
- Prepare client employee statements and process paychecks. Maintain payroll files and create reports.
- Calculate net salaries, deductions, and withholdings.
- Updating payroll files and general ledger.
- Resolve payroll issues.
- Ensure payroll documents and tax documents are accurate. (W-2's, 943, 941, 940, etc)
- Participate in payroll audits.
- Ensure compliance with governmental laws payroll taxes.
- Filing all required payroll monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports.
- Respond to any letters received from government agencies regarding payroll issues.
- Maintain access to clients' online transcripts and financial information.
- Contact grain marketing company to confirm grain sales.
- Prepare bank deposits, general ledger postings and statements for clients.
- Performing day to day financial transactions including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables data for clients.
- Send accounting reports to clients.
- Prepare and file sales and use tax.
- Assist other staff as needed with their questions.
Job Overview and Scope
- Organize office and assist field staff in ways that optimize procedures
- Take messages including appointment cancellations and reschedules
- Monitor level of supplies and handle shortages
- Maintain trusting relationships with clients
- Maintain and update databases such as mailing lists, contact lists, etc.
- Retrieve, sort and distribute incoming mail
- Assist in W-2/ 1099 Processing
Experience / Education:
- Associates degree in accounting or commensurate experience
- 1 year (Preferred) in accounting or bookkeeping
Pay & Benefits:
- We offer a competitive salary that recognizes experience.
- Annual Pay adjustments
- Vacation, Sick, Holidays & Personal Days
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD Insurances
- Employer contributions to 401k annually
Salary : $39,600 - $50,100
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