Staff Accountant

If you're an experienced accountant with a knack for accuracy, Robert Half has a terrific opportunity for you to check out. Your responsibilities as Staff Accountant will include preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. During the monthly close, you'll have responsibility over many aspects of internal reporting. In addition, you will look over schedules for the reporting processes, participate in compliance, and keep in touch with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits. This position involves a good deal of time spent on producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. The organization offering this multi-faceted long-term contract / contract to permanent opportunity is based in the Howell, Michigan region, and provides a terrific work environment where effort is rewarded.

What you get to do every single day

- Participate in various initiatives spanning multiple departments

- Support capital lease and monthly payment schedules

- Support fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Take part the in implementation and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures, ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Be responsible for account reconciliations including prepaid expenses, payroll, and other assignments

- Assist in monthly financial close workbook preparation, including annual closing process

- Create monthly statement analysis to be used for management reportings

- Offer descriptions of a large number of financial data and communicate insights in a useful and understandable manner

- Execute month end close, journal entries, with little supervision

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as requested- Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines

- Seizes opportunities to produce results without direct supervision

- Well-founded grasp of Federal Income Tax

- Journal entries experience

- Proven knowledge of Ultra Tax

- General familiarity with Individual Tax Return

- Practical knowledge of Client engagement

- QuickBooks experience

- Command of Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Strong familiarity with month end closings

- Accounts Payable (AP) experience desired

- Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- Spreadsheet and database capabilities

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

- Efficient in ERP systems

- Attentive, ability to work independently and prioritize tasks

- Outstanding analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus

- Recent and relevant accounting experience