Intermediate Accountant Job Description

Intermediate Accountant Job Description

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Intermediate accountant provides accounting support to Accounting Manager and Controller by reviewing financial information; converting data to general ledger system; obtaining supplementary information for preparing financial statements.

Intermediate Accountant Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Research technical accounting issues to ensure proper accounting treatment in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
Research outstanding discrepancies through mainframe queries and Crystal reports
Appropriate correcting entries
Reconcile month end daily dividend fund reinvestments
Balance funds
Monitor the fund management calendar daily to validate information and send out large
Trade notifications
Analyze discrepancies to determine cause and suggest corrective action to prevent future
Responsible for the accounting of complex transactions or processes typically associated with advanced accounting such as verifying the accuracy of journal vouchers and accounting classifications assigned to various records
Prepares entries into core system for multiple accounting bases

Intermediate Accountant Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Intermediate Accountant

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: VAT, PCI, CPA, PMP

Education for Intermediate Accountant

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the intermediate accountant 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, Education, Business, Business/Administration, Economics, MBA, Financial Services, Associates, Professional Accounting

Skills for Intermediate Accountant

Desired skills for intermediate accountant include:

Accounting area
Financial statements and reports
Generally accepted accounting principles
Ledgers and journals
Microsoft Office
Major financial system
Microsoft Excel
Local accounting practices
Local system
Word

Desired experience for intermediate accountant includes:

Analyzes bank accounts to ensure all cash transactions have been recorded
Ensure accounting transactions are recorded accurately and timely
Reconciles, investigates, and records accounting information in accordance with aggressive deadlines
Monitor bank balances, settle intercompany balances, and prepare wires
Assist in preparation of reporting for statutory and IFRS purposes
Collect and place documentation on SharePoint site

Intermediate Accountant Examples

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Intermediate Accountant Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an intermediate accountant. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for intermediate accountant
  • Proactively identifies unique problems, such as reconciliation/posting issues, and seeks help to resolve problems, if necessary
  • Contributes to project work as driven by business needs
  • Performs professional accounting work involving compilation, consolidation, and analysis of financial data
  • Identifies, contributes and participates in ideas for success in relation to assigned work, projects or other process enhancements
  • May assist in documenting business processes, identifying controls and deficiencies in business processes, and testing of identified controls
  • May assist in documenting business processes, identifying controls and deficiencies in business processes, testing of identified controls, and mapping of internal financial statements to business processes.Qualifications
  • Calculates and compiles divisional forecast, budget and plans
  • May document business practices, identify controls and deficiencies in business processes, test identified controls and map internal financial statements to business processes
  • Responsible for the accounting of complex transactions typically associated with advanced accounting such as verifying the accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications assigned to various records
  • Responsible for financial statement analysis
Qualifications for intermediate accountant
  • May have supervisory responsibilities, or train other accountants
  • Aids in the preparation of consolidated reporting and analysis of Americas derivative results and present results to Corporate Finance and Executive Management
  • Ensures the integrity and accuracy of accounting and/or financial reporting for derivatives
  • Engages business leaders and leverages best practices and common processes to ensure business issues are resolved for the success of the company
  • Ensures company policies surrounding derivatives are consistently followed, periodically reviewed and updated
  • Reviews quarterly variance reports and roll forwards including written narratives of spending and expense management performance prepared by the team
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Intermediate Accountant Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an intermediate accountant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for intermediate accountant
  • Analysis and research of complex accounting issues and/or transactions, specifically related to derivative application and hedging used (including documentation of policies, procedures, and controls)
  • Support insurance operating divisions specific to hedge accounting and the derivative financial results including analysis of IFRS accounting and reporting requirements
  • Research, recommend or approve new accounting principles and procedures
  • Coordinate and direct both internal and external resources to ensure proper reporting of derivative financial data
  • Perform special analysis and derivative specific projects as requested
  • Prepare quarterly derivative reports for senior management to be able to make successful business decisions
  • Accurate Performance Fee calculations for shareholer level & series of shares
  • Review and/or prepare capital call and distribution calculations
  • This is a nighttime opportunity with hours that may shift due to daily fund calculations
  • Allocates laid-in transportation costs associated with movement of crude/refined products from initial acquisition to delivery to end-customer
Qualifications for intermediate accountant
  • Provides information needed for Accounts Payable by assigning, in SAP, charges to appropriate purchase orders
  • Reconciles invoices by comparing to actual volumes transported, published tariffs, contractual terms
  • Provides management with actionable accounting analysis to effectively control transportation costs
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field or equivalent experience is required
  • Minimum 2 years cost accounting experience in transportation, logistics and/or supply chain management or equivalent combination of EDUCATION and experience required
  • Applies accounting judgment when calculating journal entry amounts, using the chart of accounts, identifying reconciliation items, reviewing contracts, and performing account analyses
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Intermediate Accountant Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of intermediate accountant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for intermediate accountant
  • Revenue and expense allocations and entries (invoices, vendor payments, other bank transactions)
  • Monthly reporting and analysis (sales and use tax reports, sales commissions, forecasts, budgets, financial statements)
  • Track licenses and permits and obtain tax exemption certificates from customers
  • Act as the escalation point for client issues relating to client reporting functions, which involves working with the Client Service teams to resolve questions, investigate issues, and develop a satisfactory response to the client's concerns
  • Sensitive clients, trade support for clients without a JP Logo on it
  • Pulling trades, printing the trades, finding the correct address, mailing envelope, and getting the package qualified
  • Trade confirms need to go out on the day the trade is executed
  • Refreshing client list and the address list
  • Desired background is detail oriented, component of large data sets, Excel/Access
  • Large team, flexibility, working well with others
Qualifications for intermediate accountant
  • Experience working with TaxPrep, Quick Books and CaseWare a strong assetCollins Barrow Toronto is a diverse and equal opportunity employer
  • MS in Financial Math/ Engg
  • Liaise with HR and other department for processing of employee reimbursement
  • Processing of vendor invoice and Liaise with vendor on regular basis for payment updates
  • Ensure statutory compliance related to Provident fund deposit, filling of various forms
  • Examines, analyzes and interprets accounting records to prepare statements and/or advise management
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Intermediate Accountant Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of intermediate accountant. 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 intermediate accountant
  • Account investigation
  • Accounting degree and experience with account reconciliations and/or journal entry preparation preferred
  • Monitor what goes into the General Ledger - manual journal entries, reconciliations, substantiations, quarterly reviews
  • Initiate and coordinate account source document activity for an account or group of similar accounts
  • Responsible for reconciliations to general ledger from core investment accounting systems and investment data warehouse (IDW)
  • Reviews subsidiaries reporting packages (input templates) on a monthly/quarterly basis
  • Reviews and follows up on Statutory Closing/Reports of subsidiaries
  • Prepares Quarterly/Annual Financials for SEC purposes
  • Analyze revenues, costs and balance sheets on a monthly and quarterly basis to provide accurate information in regards to financial position
  • Collaborate extensively with auditors during preliminary and year-end audit process
Qualifications for intermediate accountant
  • Ability to apply financial guidelines and procedures that provide adequate financial compliance and control, consistent with Bank policies and responsive to regulatory demands
  • 2-5 years of experience as a staff accountant
  • OIM Software, preferred
  • Critical thinking, analytic and problem-solving skills along with an ability to make recommendations
  • Ability to meet a constant stream of assignment deadlines
  • Aptitude to improve processes through automation and streamlining
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Intermediate Accountant Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of intermediate accountant. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for intermediate accountant
  • Oversee the inter-company process from start to finish including
  • Analyze and prepare elimination/adjusting entries to ensure consolidations and general ledger systems are in sync
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly consolidated financial statements which include statement of equity schedule, non-controlling interest schedule and cash flow statement
  • Prepare monthly equity investment income statement for unconsolidated joint ventures
  • Identify cash and non-cash transactions to prepare detail cash flow statement
  • Perform ad-hoc projects, analysis, and other departmental tasks, as necessary
  • Prepare and post moderately complex monthly journal entries
  • Prepare various account analysis on a routine basis
  • Propose correcting entries
  • Act as a resource for entry-level accountants or administrative staff
Qualifications for intermediate accountant
  • Ability to meet monthly, quarterly and year-end closing deadlines
  • An ability to multitask and work well at times under pressure
  • Four year college degree required with a concentration in Accounting, Business Administration or Finance preferred
  • An undergraduate degree in accounting required
  • 3-5 years of experience with consolidations and external reporting and/or GL accounting preferred
  • Strong computer and Excel skills are also required

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