
Staff Accountant
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Accentuate Staffing is assisting a prosperous company in Cary, NC with their search for a Staff Accountant. This is a Direct Hire opportunity!
Responsibilities:
- Assists with full cycle accounting functions as assigned such as cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accounts payable, and accrued expenses
- Prepares journal entries, workpapers, and account reconciliations
- Researches and corrects account discrepancies
- Reviews transactions to assure conformance to Company policies; examines fiscal source documents for completeness, mathematical accuracy, proper authorization where applicable, sufficiency of information for purpose, and proper general ledger coding
- Assists with the evaluation and documentation of internal controls
- Prepares property tax returns and other recurring audit, tax or regulatory compliance schedules or reports
- Assists with or independently performs annual fixed asset inventories
- Prepares periodic reporting and analysis for assigned accounting areas
- Continuously improves processes and procedures for assigned accounting areas
- May assist with or independently prepare bi-weekly payroll and associated regulatory reporting
- Number of reclassifications required to correct G/L, department and/or activity coding
- Ensure vendors are paid within term
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business discipline with major/concentration in accounting is required; master’s degree is desirable.
- CPA or CPA candidate is desirable, but not required
- 2+ years of related experience is required
- Exposure to Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, and/or Payroll is highly preferred
- Experience with Oracle Financials or similar ERP/general ledger software is required
- Experience with SAGE Fixed Asset Software is desirable, but not required
- Basic knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls
- Intermediate Excel skills (proficient with Lookups, Pivot Tables, IF/THEN statements, and other moderately complex functions)