The Accountant CPA or CMA will play a critical role in managing and maintaining the company's financial health through accurate reporting, budgeting, and reconciliation. This position demands a detail-oriented professional skilled in QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel, with solid knowledge of GAAP standards. The role focuses on internal financial processes without involvement in external audits or travel requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares, reviews, and interprets data for inclusion in financial reports, statements, and summaries.
- Reviews financial data for accuracy; identifies problems and supports day-to-day operations.
- Analyzes and maintains all accounts receivable accounts, refund accounts, and deposit accounts.
- Manage month-end closing; prepare journal entries.
- Monthly financial statements, including consolidation of multiple entities.
- Balance sheet reconciliations.
- Produce accurate and timely monthly financial statements.
- Reconcile and explain variances to monthly revenue projections by each branch.
- Prepare monthly commission reports.
- Fixed Assets and capital expenditure tracking.
- Weekly cash flow reporting; reviewing daily bank reconciliations.
- Oversee the annual insurance audits.
- Prepare minority business applications.
- Special projects to include business acquisitions.
- Daily cash management and reconciliation.
- Strong in AR collections.
- Monitor AR and file liens as appropriate.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field with three+ year’s experience in medium businesses or accounting firms, with a strong background in AR/AP, financial and management reporting, and consolidations of multiple entities.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification or CMA certification - Required.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP.
- Proficient in financial reporting and account reconciliation.
- Experience with accounts payable and receivable.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.
- Proficiency in QuickBooks.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills.
- Problem-solving abilities.
- Good interpersonal skills are required to operate in and maintain a team environment.
- Ability to solve problems with or without oral or written instructions.
- A high level of confidentiality and integrity is a must.
- Dependable, punctual, helpful, detail-oriented.
- Outstanding communication skills and proper etiquette (written, phone, in-person).
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Drug screen and background check required.
- Tasks assigned by the supervisor or manager.