Staff Accountant

***General Summary*** Performs complex professional accounting work related to recording and reporting financial transactions. Prepares financial statements, other regulatory filings, and related analyses. ***Essential Functions*** - Ensures the timely and accurate posting of balance sheet account reconciliations and cash reconciliations - Prepares work papers, financial statements, and various reports for internal accounting and auditin - Research and analyzes fluctuations in current financial results compared with prior-year, prior-month, and budgeted amount - Assists with internal and external audits to ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements - Assists business partners with budget activity, proper expenditure coding, document preparation, and other accounting-related activitie - Recommends changes in accounting processes and procedure - Reviews and approves work completed by accounts payable specialists to ensure accurate expense allocation and appropriate approvals ***Responsibilities/Duties:*** - Critical hands-on support for month-end accounting close process including the proper posting of various recurring entries. - Timely record company credit card account activities and perform reconciliations. - Support accounts payable staff with accounting classification and reconciliation, review and post accounts payable transactions. - Assist the Controller in timely completion of tax filings including personal property, sales tax, 1099 forms and other local licenses and permits. - Responsible for creating, analyzing, and maintaining critical monthly balance sheet reconciliations including deferred rent, facility and equipment lease, and other designated accounts. - Excel skills include vlookup, sumif, index, complex pivot tables and more. - Assist with month-end financial analysis of income statement and balance sheet trends to support monthly reporting and variance analysis to budget as well as prior year. - Play a support role in the expected annual accounting audit by interfacing with auditors and preparing required schedules. - Assist with other related ad hoc responsibilities and tasks as assigned by department leadership. - Performing research and analysis as required. - Ensuring compliance with financial guidelines, company policies, and relevant legal regulations. - Evaluate Electronic Practice Management (EPM) systems and be able to learn multiple systems concurrently in order to support proper GAAP based collection and presentation of transactional information. - All other duties as assigned. ***Job Specification*** ***Typically has the following skills or abilities:*** - Ensures the timely and accurate posting of balance sheet account reconciliations and cash reconciliations. - Prepares work papers, financial statements, and various reports for internal accounting and auditing. - Research and analyzes fluctuations in current financial results compared with prior-year, prior-month, and budgeted amounts. - Assists with internal and external audits to ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements. - Assists business partners with budget activity, proper expenditure coding, document preparation, and other accounting-related activities. - Recommends changes in accounting processes and procedures - Reviews and approves work completed by accounts payable specialists to ensure accurate expense allocation and appropriate approvals ***Education/Experience:*** - Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field. An Associate’s degree in Accounting may be considered with the right experience. - 2+ years of experience using accounting and auditing principles and practices, including GAAP and statutory accounting - 2+ years of cash and bank account reconciliation experience, preferably performed daily - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Proficient in spreadsheet applications - Clean credit history, as reported by a credit report - Experience assisting with the preparation,…