Job ID: 48892
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Last Updated: 34 days ago

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A well-known client is looking to add an Accountant to their team to perform routine to moderately complex professional accounting activities. The position involves maintaining ledgers, reviewing financial statements, preparing financial reports, assisting with audits and budgeting processes, and reconciling accounts.

Responsibilities:
  • Maintains financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts
  • Maintains accurate and complete records, including ledgers, journals, invoices, receipts, and information related to supplies and inventory
  • Prepares census reports for the finance office and assists with reports for other departments
  • Oversee the process of organizing analytical date relate to organization revenue management
  • Assists the accounting department in daily, monthly, and annual activities, including generating financial reports, developing budgets, preparing taxes, and assisting with audits and resolving discrepancies
  • Prepares journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations
  • Assisting with monthly close processes
  • Contributes to the development and review of annual operating budgets and performance projections
  • Performs with monthly balance sheet reconciliations
  • Responds to information requests, reviewing financial statements, and assisting with audits
  • Maintain inventory records of fixed assets; reconciles with fund ledger and prepares and records fixed asset and depreciation reconciliation for annual audit
  • Meets processing and reporting deadlines
  • Administers the grants project ledger including but not limited to, set up per all regulations and guidelines, budget entry, and reconciliations
  • Assists with payroll activities including but not limited to, initiating manual adjustments to employee deductions per liability reconciliations and reconciling assigned payroll liabilities
  • Stays informed regarding budget processing and assists staff with budget issues, as requested
  • Ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)         
  • Attends and participates in staff, and professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and best practices

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field
  • Five (5) years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience.
  • Working knowledge of GAAP and fundamental accounting processes including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting