Accountant, Accounting Job Description

Accountant, Accounting Job Description

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Accountant, accounting provides support on new and existing accounting process and IFRS standards while interfacing regularly on accounting topics with Chattanooga Accounting and Controlling teams to ensure presence, communication, and integration, between VGCA Accounting Services and Chattanooga Accounting and Controlling Teams.

Accountant, Accounting Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Work with existing and new digital vendors in setting up reporting and payment requirements
Responsible for verification and reconciliation of monthly digital vendor sales files
Coordinate revenue file input with data warehouse team and sign off on data
Reconciliation of data to financial systems
Coordinate processing of international data with digital vendors and sister companies
Refine and maintain ebook master sales data base
Duties will also include involvement with specialized digital projects on an as needed basis in conjunction with management
Present/Communicate monthly operating results to the assigned business units
Compile, adjust and evaluate accruals for assigned business units to ensure accuracy
Analyze regulatory accounts, including key accounts impacted by deferred mechanisms

Accountant, Accounting Qualifications

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Licensing or Certifications for Accountant, Accounting

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Education for Accountant, Accounting

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Employers hiring for the accountant, accounting job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Business/Administration, Education, Accountancy, Associates, Finance/Accounting, MBA

Skills for Accountant, Accounting

Desired skills for accountant, accounting include:

Principles
Application of concepts
Technical capabilities to perform varied tasks
IFRS
SAP
Automated
Federal and state requirements
GAAFR
Government Accounting Standards Board and SCS policy
Manual accounting and financial systems

Desired experience for accountant, accounting includes:

Experience with computerized general ledger systems
Calculate and record necessary adjustments
Analyze the balance sheet and income statements to help ensure that significant variances are understood and the financials reflect key financial transactions from the reporting period
Ensure that the balance sheet accounts are properly reconciled to supporting documentation
Actively support General Accounting projects, providing data analysis and recommendations for process improvement opportunities
Participate in achieving goals and metrics of General Accounting, including support of regular dashboard as required

Accountant, Accounting Examples

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Accountant, Accounting Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of accountant, accounting. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for accountant, accounting
  • Liaise with tax agents on tax issues and audits
  • Oversee month end closing for Asia subsidiaries
  • Involve in new system implementations
  • Involve in Bill of Materials (BOM), WIP, Finished goods and transfer prices
  • Financial and costing analysis
  • Prepare financial statements in accordance with each deal’s contract and issue to management and/or venture partner as appropriate
  • Analyze, develop, validate and execute variety of financial reports to communicate results, trends and issues, incorporating statistical and ration analysis other necessary management accounting review
  • Calculate monthly expense accruals and prepare related journal entries
  • Interpret detailed expense/employment contracts
  • Facilitate and record monthly legacy stock and other cash programs
Qualifications for accountant, accounting
  • Travel to Asia countries every quarter for new set up
  • Minimum of 1 year of business experience
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with all levels of management
  • Knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting
  • Conduct work with high degree of independence, managing conflicting deadlines and priorities as assigned
  • Three (3) or more years of progressively responsible related experience
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Accountant, Accounting Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of accountant, accounting. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for accountant, accounting
  • Perform monthly analytics (P&L and balance sheet flux analysis, margin analysis, working capital forecasts)
  • Work closely with key Finance and HR personnel
  • Interprets accounting data, analyzes reports and recommends action to
  • Assist with General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Fixed Asset systems for a growing healthcare organization
  • Assist with billing and revenue cycle management
  • Manage timely financial reporting including monthly financial statement, management P&Ls, and weekly liquidity reports
  • Budget projections and budget variance analysis
  • Analyze healthcare reimbursement and provide guidance on trends
  • Liaise with external auditors and lenders
  • Participate actively in month-end and year-end closing activities including preparation of journal entries, gathering information, producing documentation to support transactions and resolve inquiries received from Business Units and Corporate team
Qualifications for accountant, accounting
  • Invest One, and SAUV knowledge
  • Assist in the timely preparation of client reports taxation, equalization, performance fees, funds under custody/admin
  • Commission adjustments include Off cycles, Holds, manual deposit, analysis of invalid transactions
  • Sox activities include random manual calculations to validate commission system results, payee reconciliation, and performing other control related tasks
  • Reconciliations includes Commission Extract validation, Commission Detail Reports and Payfile Checklists
  • Ad hoc reporting also includes research and analysis of discrepancies, including monthly deficits, to support business related inquiries
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Accountant, Accounting Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of accountant, accounting. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for accountant, accounting
  • Prepare audit schedules received from Corporate Team, always coordinated with the lead
  • Working with a relatively high level of supervision, this position verifies records that are processed, corrects data job errors and prepares accounting related reports
  • Run allocation models and update data tables
  • Prepares and analyzes journal entries
  • Assists with the preparation of general ledger account reconciliations
  • Assists in reviewing for accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications assigned to various records, as required
  • Reviews posting issues and resolves errors
  • Compares accounting system outputs with daily input verifying for accuracy and resolves discrepancies
  • Assists with the monthly, quarterly and year end close activities as assigned by his/her supervisor
  • Assists in preparation of financial and operating reports including trial balances, adjustments and closing entries
Qualifications for accountant, accounting
  • Document current and ongoing Commission Accounting processes, policies and procedures, understand data flow and system architecture
  • Utilize the TrueComp Manager application to research participants setups, payment history, hierarchies, and other commission related information
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in various Commission Accounting processes, including selected upstream processes
  • Work with team and provide analytical expertise and identify opportunities for improvements
  • Participate and support UAT activities
  • Collaborate with business groups across the pay cycle process, including Worldwide Sales Compensation, Geo Compensation and Payroll
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Accountant, Accounting Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an accountant, accounting. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for accountant, accounting
  • Assist in the month end close process including but not limited to preparation of journal entries and reconciliations
  • Work with Capital Accounting Operation Manager on ad hoc analyses and special projects, including Capital Accounting Debt Management System (CADMS) system testing and development
  • Assist in preparation of financial and operating reports including trial balances, adjustments and closing entries
  • Assist in the analysis and interpretation of accounting records for use by management, as required
  • Support the company’s efforts to comply with the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley
  • Assist in the documentation of simple accounting projects under direct supervision
  • Assist in the monthly closing and reporting activities, the quarterly and annual testing of the financial close’s controls
  • Act as a business partner between the GL group and our operational departments such as Marketing, R&D, IT, HR, and Facilities to review actuals against forecast in preparation of the monthly close
  • Monitor and analyze balance sheet and expense trends within business departments
  • Incorporate ongoing system reporting improvements in the monthly close process
Qualifications for accountant, accounting
  • Strong PC expertise essential including Microsoft Excel and Word
  • 3-5 years of previous experience in the field of audit/assurance services and/or corporate accounting
  • College Degree with accounting/finance coursework and/or major preferred 2-3 years comparable work experience
  • Exceptional attention to detail, a good problem solver who is organized, flexible, self-directed and possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Exceptional ability to follow procedures and adhere / perpetuate departmental policies
  • Must possess the ability to work with confidential reports and information with complete discretion
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Accountant, Accounting Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for an accountant, accounting. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for accountant, accounting
  • Identify process improvements in the month-end close process
  • Review coding of invoices and update as needed
  • Review posting issues and resolves errors
  • Preparing journal entries to facilities the close process
  • Perform monthly depreciation actual to budget variance analysis and report results at monthly close and balance sheet meetings
  • Represent Plant accounting at operational and finance department meetings
  • Perform bi-weekly payroll import from ADP into Oracle projects
  • Prepare all supporting documentation to properly record plant transactions for PNG within the Oracle Fixed Assets system
  • Act as back up for setting up capital projects
  • Prepare the annual depreciation expense budgets and forecasts
Qualifications for accountant, accounting
  • Good oral and written communication skills and ability to use good judgment in the delivery of information get the deadlines, and problem resolutions (low and medium complexity)
  • Requires a Bachelor's accounting, finance or a related degree and some experience in accounting, financial analysis, budgets, balance sheets, income statements, or other directly related experience
  • Qualified accountant (2+ years of experience in position Accountant)
  • Process of obtaining professional accountancy Qualification such as CPA, CIMA,ACCA, ACA is a plus
  • Must be self-driven and resourceful to meet deadlines , achieve goals, by working independently work well in teams/groups
  • 5+ years of relevant GL accounting experience, multi-currency accounting experience is a plus

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