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Senior Accountant
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What they do
An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
$82,056 / year median in California
-25% projected decline
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for a variety of general accounting duties
- Own the allocation of expenses to business units
- Perform mass uploads of data from subsystems to the general ledger
- Analyze expenses
- Manage the preparation and posting of journal entries
- Compile and analyze schedules for internal purposes and financial audits
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, research variances and determine appropriate resolution
- Respond to and resolve all internal and external inquiries in a timely manner
- Ensure business controls are followed and operating as designed
- Other finance/accounting responsibilities will be assigned as needed
Required Qualifications:
- Strong analytical skills, ability to propose resolutions to problems
- Ability to work with limited supervision
- Have strong working knowledge of accounting theories and practices and the ability to understand the relationship between operational processes and accounting impacts
- Must stay current on accounting practices - Must attend a minimum of 6 CPE classes per year.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of employees throughout all levels of the organization
- Team player and the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment
- Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and work under tight deadlines
- Must be detail-oriented and a self-starter
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years relevant accounting experience
- Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Strong to Advanced Excel skills
- Knowledge of Great Plains or SAP preferred
- CPA preferred Call 559-734-4002!