Junior Accounting Specialist - Applied Research Associates, Inc

ARA is seeking a Junior Accounting Specialist to assist account managers with various accounting functions. Position is full-time and is located in Panama City, Florida.

Job duties include:

• Performing general accounting functions such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, asset reconciliation.
• Apply principles of accounting to analyze financial information. 
• Reviews project activity and reports on variances.
• Corresponds with other departments to ensure proper accounting for revenue, purchases, and expenses.
• Responsible for the adherence to and communication of accounting and auditing of policies and procedures. 
• Develops solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.

Required Skills/Experience: 

• Associate's Degree with minimum 5 years of accounting experience or Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 0-2 years of previous accounting experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Previous experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, and account reconciliation.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and bookkeeping practices and procedures.
• Ability to follow detailed instructions and work with a considerable amount of judgement and initiative. 

About ARA:

ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,000 professionals and continues to grow.

ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide expertise across a broad range of engineering and science technologies. Our Better Fuels Group develops and deploys innovative fuels technologies, converting waste products to renewable fuels, and creating high value products for a sustainable future. ARA employs traditional refinery equipment and novel water-based technologies to make fuels and chemicals, including sustainable jet fuel that meets petroleum specifications without blending and diesel fuel that is virtually indistinguishable from petroleum.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. We realize that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)