What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Robert Half?
There is an opportunity for a full-time Staff Accountant with a terrific non-profit company. This company, based in the Sebastopol, California area, offers a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded. You will succeed in this position if you have the ability to prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation and be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. This position will participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules reporting processes.
What you get to do every single day
- Maintain, implement, and adhere to internal controls while ensuring that accounting procedures comply with GAAP
- Thorough experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliations
- Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation
- Impromptu reporting and special projects, when requested
- Prepare monthly financial close workbooks to support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process
- Maintain fixed asset ledgers, depreciation, and reconciliation
- Coordinate and analyze a variety of financial data, then report it in a way that is useful and understandable
- Participate in various department-wide initiatives
- Compose journal entries and conduct the month end close with minimal supervision
- Periodically maintain and reconcile journal entries
- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll
Requirements
- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics
- 3 years of recent and relevant accounting experience, preferably in a non-profit
- Fixed Asset Accounting experience highly preferred
- Month-end Close Activities experience
- Background working with Microsoft Great Plains Accounting
- Demonstrated knowledge of account reconciliation
- Experience with Accounts Payable (AP)
- Strong familiarity with general ledger
- Comprehensive knowledge of journal entries
- Practical knowledge of Cash Activity
- Earlier work involving Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of Adjusting Journal Entries
- Adeptness in grant accounting
- Proficient with spreadsheets and databases
- Self-starter, ability to identify issues and resolve problems
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Great attention to detail
- Proven analytical skills - defining problems, collecting relevant data, drawing valid conclusions, and recommending improvement/corrective actions
- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
For immediate consideration, please call Lori Cooper at 707-578-3355.
Salary : $70,000 - $75,000
