Accountant

Veterans Preference: The Jobs for Veterans Act mandates priority of service to veterans seeking employment and training opportunities. To ensure compliance with this law, this job posting will be available only to veterans for the first 24 hours. After this period, the job will be released to all job seekers. Description Join Roswell Job Corps, where we recruit and support young adults on their path to education, career training, and long-term success. Job Summary: Performs a variety of professional accounting duties such as monitoring various general ledger accounts, preparing and reviewing journal entries, etc. Duties/Responsibilities: - Prepares journal entries for assigned accounts according to established schedule. - Maintains the Imprest Fund according to established policies and procedures. - Reviews trial balance to locate, identify and resolve all input and accounting errors. - Maintains Center records, ledgers and journals as necessary to determine center financial status. - Transmits payroll hours to the Corporate Payroll Department. Maintains all other data affecting the payroll and has the ability to back up the bookkeeper in case of absence. - Maintains Student Government Association checking account and reports. - Performs analysis of various general ledger accounts by reviewing entries, compiling and comparing transactions, determining and resolving open items, and interpreting trends and/or deviations. This includes occasional special analyses as required. - Trains bookkeeper in coding of accounts and inventory controls. - Maintains inventory systems established by the Finance Manager and conducts quarterly inventories. - Fill in for the Finance Manager in his/her absence. - Prepares reports as required, such as the 1034 billing voucher and the 2110 financial report. - Makes weekly bank deposits. - Prepares balance sheet reconciliations. - Prepares petty cash and check requests as needed. - Prepares all accounts payable vouchers and responds to any corporate inquiries. - Compiles Imprest Reimbursements and petty cash reimbursements. - Review open PO report frequently and updates and maintains AP tracker Spreadsheet. - Assists with all budgeting and having quarterly meetings with all Department Managers. - Adheres to all Department of Labor Policy Requirement Handbook (PRH) and Career Systems Development policies and procedures, and the Center Operating Procedures. - Maintains confidentiality but reports significant events or situations immediately through approved channels to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of students and staff, and to ensure that required reporting occurs, and that students receive emergency services as needed. - Ensures equipment and assigned work areas are clean and maintained in accordance with Center, CSD, and DOL standards, including conducting quarterly property counts, submitting property relocation requests, may serve as a property custodian, and submits maintenance requests as needed. - Perform all other duties as assigned. Requirements Minimum: Associates degree in accounting. One years work-related experience required. Preferred: Bachelor's degree in accounting. Two years or more work-related experience. Knowledge: Must possess sound working knowledge of accounting principles and practices, good organizational skills; ability to work with detailed information, excellent math skills, ability to make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately, proficient in the use of personal computer; working knowledge of software applications, e.g MSExcel; MSWord; Outlook, excellent communication skills including technical skills, both oral and written.