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Staff/SR. 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).
$74,891 / year median in Michigan
-0% projected decline
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Reconcile a wide range of balance sheet accounts and ensure supporting documentation is accurate, complete, and current.
- Investigate mismatched figures, unresolved items, and historical accounting issues to determine root causes and recommend corrections.
- Prepare, review, and record journal entries related to adjustments, clean-up work, and ongoing general ledger activity.
- Examine large sets of financial information to identify unusual trends, inconsistencies, and reporting gaps that require follow-up.
- Provide accounting support tied to organizational process changes, including activities related to ERP transition efforts and updated workflows.
- Use advanced Excel tools to organize, analyze, and reconcile financial data from multiple sources.
- Work closely with accounting and finance partners to improve the quality of reconciliations, reporting accuracy, and internal accountability.
- Communicate reconciliation results, accounting logic, and key findings clearly to team members and stakeholders.
- Assist with daily and month-end accounting needs while helping stabilize operations during a period of transition and process improvement.