Staff Accountant - RJ Bank

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses general ledger accounting software to prepare journal entries for monthly financial statements.

• Researches and makes recommendations to resolve unusual or irregular transactions.

• Reconciles general ledger accounts, prepares analyses and completes other monthly general ledger closing procedures.

• Responds to internal/external auditor issues and problems.

• Responsible for balances in clearing and suspense accounts, works with other internal departments to resolve outstanding items.

• Researches issues regarding application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to allocating costs and preparing financial statements.

• Recommends process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information.

• Assists in training others.

• Resolves complex accounting problems.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of

• Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures.

• Accrual based accounting practices.

• Accounting software packages.

• Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Skill in

• Reviewing, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements.

• Strong attention to detail

• Resolving unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies.

• Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables.

• Allocating costs between entities.

• Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and complex databases.

Ability to

• Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances.

• Make independent decisions and solve complex accounting problems.

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels.

• Explain or clarify financial information to all levels of management.

• Provide training to others.

• Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

• Provide a high level of customer service.