Accountant

SUMMARY: The Accountant is a professional responsible for processing the day-to-day financial transactions, while also being responsible for assistance with the preparation of closing entries, financial reports, and supporting overall departmental objectives for the month-end close. This position regularly interacts with department managers and company vendors to respond to and/or resolve billing issues.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Weekly processing of cash receipts and other related activity.
• Preparation of accounts payable vouchers for payment.
• Preparation of cash disbursements check runs and ACH batches.
• Preparation and maintenance of key balance sheet account reconciliations and financial statement analysis.
• Maintenance of digital and paper files, to include accounts payable documentation, general ledger journal vouchers and other files.
• Daily monitoring and processing of the Company’s automated transaction data.
• Preparation of monthly Sales and Use tax filings.
• Researches and responds to customer, vendor, and internal inquiries.
• Reconcile vendor statements.
• Assist with implementing system enhancement as well as troubleshooting and supporting the companies computerized financial systems.
• Assist with the month-end closing process, journal entries and accruals.
• Support completion of the annual budget. Preparation of various data requests and analyses as required.
• Maintain and update finance-related reports.
• Works closely with purchasing, maintenance, transportation and fiber supply managers.
• Support the Company’s annual financial audit as required.
• Adhere to all safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Special projects and assignments as business dictates.
• Responsible for the maintenance, creation, and control of all personally identifiable information or any other information protected by any Confidentiality or Privacy Standards or Company Policies that you have access to or knowledge of, including but not limited to any state or federal regulations including HIPPA.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

N/A

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• 2-4 years of accounting-related experience.
• Ability to work on multiple projects contemporaneously.
• Computer literacy with business financial systems and proficient with the use of Microsoft Office.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for a prolonged period
• The job duties will require the employee to utilize repetitive fine manipulation with hands
• The employee is frequently required to talk or hear
• Specific vision abilities for this job include close vision, distance vision and depth vision

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS N/A

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

This company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.