Junior Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview :

Reporting to the Controller, the Junior Staff Accountant will

review, reconcile, and pay the company’s bills in a timely fashion. In addition, the Junior Staff Accountant will assist with general accounting tasks, including but not limited to client remittances, audit requests, purchase orders, and general ledger maintenance. This is an excellent opportunity for a Junior Accountant to learn and grow with the company!

Principle Responsibilities

• Receive and record invoices and relevant information into general ledger and other key data sources
• Establish relationships with business partners and vendors to verify key information
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing general ledger reports to balances
• Prepare checks and invoices for review and payment; manage scheduling of payments per direction from Controller or other senior finance staff
• Monitor discount opportunities, identify payment discrepancies and late fees
• Ensure credit is received for outstanding memos
• Issue stop-payments or purchase order amendments
• Maintain accurate and complete records of invoices and payments
• Maintain records of petty cash disbursements
• Report sales taxes by calculating requirements on paid invoices.
• Maintain logs / databases of vendor information, including business owners
• Ensure up to date W-9 and payment information for all vendors
• Communicates with suppliers to resolve issues that may arise regarding delivery, quality, or conditions of sale.
• Assists with monthly close and annual audit
• Performs other accounting-related duties as assigned.

Skills and Experience

Conclusion

This job description is to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this Company. This job description is not to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.