Accountant

Staff Accountant

JOB dESCRIPTION SUMMARY:

Inglis enables people with disabilities – and those who care for them – to achieve their goals and live life to the fullest.

It is essential that all duties are performed with the highest level of integrity, while supporting Inglis Values and Standards of Excellence, ensuring the achievement of competencies and compliance with regulatory agencies.

The position reports to the Controller.  Responsibilities include but are not limited to monthly account analysis and reconciliation of general ledger accounts for all entities and recording journal entries, daily banking and related reconciliations, payroll system interface maintenance, payroll hours analysis and related entries, accounts receivable analysis, government surveys, intercompany analysis, benchmark analysis, billing analysis and reconciliations, and other tasks on a monthly basis for multiple entities. 

The Staff Accountant assists the Controller with financial statement reporting, financial analysis, grant reporting, budget preparation and implementation, cost report preparation, financial statement audit preparation and special projects as assigned.  Position will be responsible to promote best practices, ensure accounting activities are in compliance with GAAP and contribute to the development of accounting policies and procedures.

The Staff Accountant will work closely with operations and other Business Office staff on a daily basis.

POSITION STATUS:                         Full-time, Exempt

REPORTS TO:                                   Controller

UPDATED:                                        6/29/2021

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• Role will cross train for six to twelve months on all payroll processing, analysis, taxation, and related journal entries, balance sheet analysis, employee customer support.

• Account analysis and reconciliation is maintained on all balance sheet accounts for all entities- Monthly

analyses are maintained in Excel and a file folder containing a hardcopy of the analysis along with supporting documentation.

Analyses will include descriptions and notes for items comprising the balance in the account and a comparison the previous fiscal year end balance and an explanation for any variance.

• Monthly financial statement close work is completed in accordance with the closing schedule- All tasks on

monthly close check list are completed before closing the financial statements for the month.  Financial package is printed and electronically distributed to appropriate personnel by the close deadline.  

• Full participation in the Audit and Cost Report process-Audit and Cost Report “Prepared by Client” lists are

completed by established deadlines.  Provide assistance to auditors in answering questions, obtaining addition supporting documentation or providing analysis. 

• Full participation in the annual fiscal year budget process- Preparing Excel spreadsheets which link with other

budget spreadsheets, provide analysis and project future results.  Conduct interviews with operations personnel to obtain and document supporting details and assumptions.  Conversion and importation of budget into general ledger system.

• Special projects are completed accurately, efficiently, timely and professionally- Special projects are

documented through financial schedules, work papers, notes and findings memo to requesting party.  Special projects are completed by established deadlines. 

• Filing and organization of physical documents- Documentation is easy to find, where it is expected to be, office

is clear of documents to be filed, previous fiscal year’s documents are properly rotated and stored.  Archival information is properly labeled and notated for easy retrieval.