Job Description
Robert Half is looking for an experienced Staff Accountant with an eye for accuracy to fill a long-term contract / temporary position at a growing Health Pharm/Biotech company. As a Staff Accountant, you will prepare monthly and year-end closings, journal entries, fixed asset maintenance, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation. During the monthly close, many aspects of internal reporting will be your responsibility. You will assist in developing and implementing accounting policies. In addition, you will take part in compliance, review schedules for the reporting processes, and interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits. This position is very involved as it will produce Cash Flow projections, Budgets, and Financial Statements. Based in the Durham, North Carolina region, this company offers an engaging and mulit-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded.
What you get to do every day
- Be a part of various department-wide initiatives
- Partake in annual closing processes
- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as needed
- Manage capital lease and monthly payment schedules
- Complete month end close, journal entries, without supervision
- Offer succinct analysis on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a clear and concise manner
- Be responsible for account reconciliations including prepaid expenses, payroll, and other assignments
- Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for management reporting
- Carry out fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation
- Aid in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP
- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics
- Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus
- 3+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience
- Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement
- Current and relevant ERP system experience
- Proficient with spreadsheets and databases
- Expertise in Quarter-end
- Comprehension of financial reporting
- Practical knowledge of Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Well-founded grasp of bank reconciliations
- Year end closings experience
- Good understanding of Journal Entry Preparation
- Solid understanding of external auditing
- Earlier work involving Journal Entry
- Skills in Posting Journal Entries
- Quality experience with Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation
- Wide ranging experience with journal entries
- Hands-on experience with Internal Control
- Experience with general ledger
- Prior experience with internal control review
- Experience with Internal Control
- Previous experience working with Monthly Journal Entries
- Solid understanding of internal audit
- Strong familiarity with Year-end Close
- General familiarity with Bank Account Reconciliation
- Proven knowledge of bank reconciliations
- Comprehensive knowledge of month end closings
- Skilled in analytical, quantitative and social skills
- Mature organizational, written and verbal communication skills
- Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities
- Ability to complete multiple tasks and projects within deadlines
- Competent with spreadsheets and databases
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