Junior Staff Accountant

The Suddath Companies provides relocation and logistics services. The Junior Staff Accountant coordinates accounts payable and helps maintain company financial records, including general ledger analysis, reconciliations, reporting, and financial controls.

What you'll do:

• Prepare journal entries, General Ledger account analysis, roll forwards, and other analysis required for the month-end close
• Calculation and reconciliation of commissions, referrals, audit and filing fees, rebates, etc
• Administration duties to include setting up contractors within moving software
• General ledger account analysis with understanding of causes for variances to prior month and previous year
• Editing and reconciling financial reports and providing resolutions for accounting issues. Complete understanding of accounting principles and policies
• Experience processing 1099s and estimated taxes
• Complete quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for A/R, Prepaid Expenses, Inventory, Other Assets & Liabilities / Reserves
• Special projects as required
• Understand and assist in management of financial controls
• Working knowledge of Accounting Operations (A/P, A/R, Billing, Document Mgmt)
• Workload and workflow management
• Identify process efficiencies

What they're looking for:

• Complete understanding of accounting principles and policies
• Experience processing 1099s and estimated taxes
• Working knowledge of Accounting Operations (A/P, A/R, Billing, Document Mgmt)
• Ability to multi-task and organize workflow to manage daily responsibilities, meet deadlines, and prioritize work
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products with at least an intermediate level knowledge of Excel (Vlookup, pivot table, external content, etc.)
• Must be highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data and have excellent verbal/writing skills
• Must be willing and able to work with several different departments/locations and manage multiple tasks daily
• Excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of experience in general ledger accounting
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Benefits:

• A 401(k) plan with company matching
• Weekly pay for hourly-paid employees
• Biweekly pay for salaried employees
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
• A tuition reimbursement plan