Staff Accountant (St. Petersburg)

Financial Analyst

Under general supervision, uses specialized knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience to assist in preparing financial statements, budgets and other financial analysis reports for business units. Guidance is provided to perform varied moderately complex accounting activities with limited responsibility for making routine decisions. Some evaluation, originality and ingenuity are required to locate, select and apply appropriate procedures, processes and techniques to specific assignments. Recommends solutions to moderately complex problems. Regular contact with internal customers is required to identify, obtain and clarify facts and information, and recommend solutions to accounting and process issues and problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses general ledger accounting software to prepare financial statements, budgets and reports for internal use.
• Prepares general ledger entries on a daily basis.
• Maintains policy and procedures manuals.
• Analyzes general ledger accounts to identify unusual or irregular transactions and makes recommendations to resolve.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts, prepares analyses and completes other monthly general ledger closing procedures.
• Prepares reports of financial information for management.
• Prepares information and responds to internal / external auditor requests.
• Identifies and recommends process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information.
• Limited responsibility for resolving routine accounting problems.
• Allocates costs to individual organizational entities and analyzes the impact of cost allocation on individual financial statements.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

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Travel Required : No