Junior Accountant

Description

Summary:

As a Junior Accountant, you will be responsible for financial statement preparation and consolidation, daily account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. We are looking for a Junior Accountant who has excellent analytical skills and enjoys working in a challenging and fast-paced environment to support the continued success of the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Produce complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses, and Inter-Account transactions
• Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner
• Prepare and maintain an accurate schedule of all accounts listed on the balance sheet.
• Lead/Assist senior staff with audit preparations and reconciliations
• Carry out Bank Reconciliations without supervision and a high level of accuracy
• Support fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation
• Monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP
• Maintain all supporting documents and worksheets organized pertaining to journal entries and transactions completed
• Achieve compliance with nonprofit accounting policies, procedures, and controls.
• Communicate with finance staff members professionally and accordingly to ensure any required documentation is prepared and obtained quickly and efficiently
• Participate in various initiatives spanning multiple NAICA sites
• An endless desire to improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process
• All other fiscal related duties pertaining to financial operations scheduled/unscheduled

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics with 3 years or more experience working in a non-profit sector
• Extensive knowledge in Quick Books, Microsoft Excel, and Outlook required
• Excellent analytical, quantitative skills
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively under pressure while successfully meeting critical deadlines
• Ability to gather large amounts of data and compile into detailed reports
• An endless desire to improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process
• Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, and efficient
• Maturity, integrity, and sound judgment