Accountant

OC Fair & Event Center
Costa Mesa, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/18/2024 CLOSED ON 1/18/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at OC Fair & Event Center?

Position Title: Accountant

Pay Range: $20.50 - $29.00 per hour

Position Purpose:
The Accountant prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, conformance to reporting and procedural standards. This is a seasonal/temporary position not to exceed 122 days.

Essential Functions:
  • Prepares and reviews monthly recurring journal entries and prepares balance sheet account reconciliations to confirm ending balances are properly stated.
  • Analyzes revenues and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis.
  • Assists with reviewing data entry, researches transactions, and confirms transactions are correctly recorded.
  • Assists in documenting new processes and procedures.
  • Supports monthly close procedures including journal entry preparation for various accruals, actual expenses, reserves, etc., and will clearly document sources of data and reasoning for entries.
  • Performs bank account reconciliations and must be able to research and resolve reconciling items.
  • Maintains fixed assets including addition, retirement, depreciation, reconciliation and reporting.
  • This document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.
Qualifications:
  • Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and best practices.
  • Demonstrated accuracy and strong attention to detail with the ability to manage and analyze large amounts of data.
  • Must be very analytical and skilled in math applications and accounting formulations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Positive, can-do attitude, trainable, a team player with a strong work ethic, and must be self-sufficient.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with team members and cross functional department leaders.
  • A professional demeanor, ambitious in nature, a success orientation and the ability to learn quickly.
  • Strong skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint) must have knowledge of pivot tables and v-lookup.
  • Proficient with 10-key, by touch.
  • Understand various accounting process flows in order to analyze current processes, and implement newly structured processes.
  • Ability to perform monthly and quarterly analysis, research and understand variances, properly document findings.
  • Must be available to work overtime and weekends. Ability to work outside the normal business day/week as required by events and programs.
Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and must constantly use hands and fingers to operate, and handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds using proper bending. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:
Will work in a fast-paced, indoor environment, with frequent interruptions. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet, however louder noise levels may be experienced during outdoor events and when in larger event buildings.
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. Will be required to perform other duties as directed, requested or assigned.

Salary : $21 - $29

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