Description

If you're looking to build your career in accounting, there's currently a Staff Accountant position through Robert Half that you may want to check out. Set in the Chapel Hill, North Carolina area, the company offering this long-term contract / temporary to hire opportunity encourages innovation and rewards effort in the work place. In this role, the Staff Accountant is in charge of preparing monthly and year-end closings, journal entries, fixed asset maintenance, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation. Be prepared to dedicate a fair amount of time to producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. During the monthly close, your will also be in charge of many aspects of internal reporting. In addition, you will be in charge of communicating with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, playing an active role in compliance, and looking over schedules for the reporting processes.

What you get to do every day

- Report on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a useful and understandable manner

- Oversee the creation of monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for reporting to management

- Be a part of various department-wide initiatives

- Keep up fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Ready complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll

- Assist in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation

- Aid in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Maintain capital lease and monthly payment schedules

- Ad-hoc tasks and special projects, as needed

- Carry out month end close, journal entries, without supervision

Requirements

- Outstanding organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- 3+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

- Ability to handle multiple projects within strict deadlines

- Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

- Knowledgeable of ERP systems

- The ideal candidate will be highly-skilled with exceptional analytical, quantitative and social skills

- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

- General familiarity with cash applications

- Proven knowledge of month end closings

- Solid understanding of Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Balance Sheet Reconciliation experience preferred

- Accounts Payable (AP) experience preferred

- Well-founded grasp of month end closings

- Strong familiarity with Bank Account Reconciliation

- Experience with Sage Intacct

- Practical knowledge of Audit Prep

- Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

- Ability to prioritize deals and adapt to quick changes while remaining diligent, and to thrive in a dynamic, high pressure environment

- Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities

- Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

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