Jr. Accountant

Position Summary:

Incumbents in this job family have responsibilities encompassing one or more areas of General Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and/or Billing. Responsible for processing receivables, ensuring timely and accurate charge entries and preparing deposits. Responsible for maintaining accounts and records in various accounting functions. Collects and analyzes financial data and prepares reports and recommendations. Reviews, verifies and approves transactions and journal entries. Prepares income and balance sheet, profit and loss, consolidated and other accounting statements. Codes, enters and prepares invoices, and responds to customer and vendor inquiries. Reviews invoices and ensures proper approvals. Records, enters and pays invoices. Also, analyzes account performance, makes recommendations to release orders on past due accounts and investigates bankruptcy claims. Maintains records and files and generates related reports. Ensures procedures and internal controls are followed in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives.

What you bring to the role:

Entry-level professional individual contributor on a project or work team. Work is closely supervised. Problems faced are not typically difficult or complex. Explains facts, policies and practices related to job area.

Works on projects of limited scope and complexity. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.

Uses company standard policies and procedures to resolve issues in which answers can be readily obtained. Work is reviewed regularly by supervisor or more senior peers.

Requires broad theoretical knowledge typically acquired from advanced education. Typically requires a four year college degree or equivalent experience and 0-2 years functional experience.