Staff Accountant jobs in Clifton, NJ

Position Overview

We are looking for a pro-active business professional to join our accounting team. The position is responsible for portions of the monthly close process, balance sheet reconciliations, general accounting, and reporting functions, and actively managing and fulfilling cross functional team requests. This position will supervise several office associates who perform some operational accounting functions.

Responsibilities Include:

• General month-end close processing / reporting.
• Participation in annual budget process lead by FP&A.
• Ensuring compliance with company internal controls and policies.
• Monthly operating variance analysis.
• Fulfillment of external and internal financial audit and tax requests
• General Ledger account reconciliations.
• Customer and vendor rebate accruals and tracking.
• Payroll and sales commissions journal entries.
• Fixed Asset Maintenance.
• Proactive facilitation of process improvements and problem solving.
• Supervise, develop, and provide feedback to direct reports.
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis and other duties as assigned.
• Bank Reconciliations.
• Back up for accounting staff responsibilities:  Accounts Payable processing, Accounts Receivable. processing, Customer Invoicing.

The ideal candidate will have:

• BS Degree in Accounting preferred.
• 3 years of experience in progressively advancing accounting roles.
• Experience in distribution environment preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task with attention to detail.
• Effective, efficient functioning in fast paced environment.
• Experience with: Sage, Synergy / Papermaster, One Stream, Infor is helpful.

This position offers a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits program. 

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