Staff Accountant / Senior Accountant

Responsibilities

Staff Accountant:

• Prepares increasingly complex accounting analyses and journal entries.
• Prepares and analyzes financial statements and other internal/external financial reports.
• Assists in the tracking & reporting of internal controls over financial reporting and recommends enhancements to such controls.
• Solves a range of increasingly complex accounting problems; analyzes possible solutions and makes recommendations.
• Related to all the above processes, expected to develop supporting work papers and documentation.
• Builds knowledge of the organization processes and customers and technical accounting.

Senior Accountant:

• Evaluates accounting policies and procedures to reflect changes in business conditions, processes, and accounting guidance.
• Prepares more complex accounting analyses and journal entries.
• Prepares and analyzes financial statements and other internal/external financial reports.
• Enhances internal controls over financial reporting.
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal/external business issues to improve products or services. Solves more complex problems taking a new perspective on existing solutions.
• Provides functional advice or training to less-experienced accountant positions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May direct the work of other staff members.
• Increases and applies knowledge of legal and regulatory issues and changes in accounting guidance.
• The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Qualifications

Staff Accountant :

• Bachelor's Degree in business discipline with at least 3 accounting courses OR Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with at least 1 year of accounting-related experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications; use of excel/word is required.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with a minimum of 2 to 4 years of accounting-related experience in public accounting, SEC reporting, and a working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• CPA or CMA certification or MBA.

Senior Accountant :

• Bachelor's Degree in business discipline with at least 3 accounting courses and 5 years accounting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with 3-5 years of accounting-related experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications; use of excel/word is required.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, MBA, or other advanced degree in business discipline.
• CPA or CMA certification.
• Experience in utility accounting, public accounting and SEC reporting, and a working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to research technical accounting guidance.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Requires excellent interpersonal skills.