Junior Accountant

Major Areas of Responsibility/Essential Functions:


* Maintains financial records and ensures transactions are properly recorded.


* Ensures the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles sub-ledger accounts to the general ledger.


* Assist in various month-end close tasks, financial statement preparation, and reconciliations of internal accounts including Trade Payable, Goods Received Not Invoiced, Goods in Transit, and Credit Card ledger accounts.


* Record daily outgoing bank activity including daily sweeps journal entry.


* Receive, obtain required approvals in accordance with our Authority Matrix, process, and record vendor bills including 3-way match.


* Review purchase orders pending billing and inquire with vendor on missing bills.


* Issue vendor payments per established company schedule (ACHs, Wires, Checks) and resolves with vendors any uncashed checks.


* Research, resolve, and communicate with vendors to resolve outstanding invoice and credit discrepancies on a timely basis.


* Manage the AP inbox and actively respond to daily inquiries from vendors or internal employees.


* Prepare and review amortization schedules created from vendor bills and post the related journal entry.


* Prepare journal entries and reconciliations to support the financial close process including accruing for potential vendor bills not yet received or approved.


* Contact vendors to obtain necessary documentation needed such as W-9 forms including bank account details for verbally confirmation.


* Accurate processing of 1099s annually via Track1099


* Enter daily cycle count results provided by the Inventory Analyst.


* Manage the preparation and processing of payroll, ensuring accuracy and timely submission of employee payments and payroll reports.


* Identify and implement process improvements to enhance quality and efficiency of the process.


* Other duties and projects as assigned by management.

 

 

Specific Responsibilities:


* Significant focus on actively processing vendor bills and outgoing payments and professionally communicating with vendors.


* Support the Accounting team in financial closing tasks and monthly account reconciliations.

 

Required knowledge, skills and abilities:


* Highly motivated and able to take initiative


* Detail Oriented


* Strong time management, organizational, and communications skills


* Analytical, problem-solving skills to resolve and reconcile vendor accounts efficiently


* Ability to work independently as well as part of a team interacting and supporting other internal departments


* Strong drive for continuous learning

 

Education and Experience:


* Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting


* 0-2 years of experience


* NetSuite experience preferred

 

 

Physical Demands:          None specified

 

Work Environment:        Office

 

Benefits:


* Healt...