Staff Accountant Johnstone Supply Fresno - Johnstone Supply

Position Purpose:

The Staff Accountant will play a crucial role in maintaining accurate and timely financial records and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.

Essential Job Results:

• Facilitate the daily, monthly and yearly maintenance of general ledger accounting records to assure integrity, accuracy and timeliness of accounting information.
• Prepares general ledger entries by maintaining records and files as well as reconciling accounts.
• Performs month-end closing processes, including but not limited to preparation of journal entries, reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts including analyzing postings to the account, assessing for reasonableness and appropriateness, and recording adjustments as necessary.
• Completion of bank reconciliations monthly for all Company-wide accounts. Investigation and resolution of unreconciled differences, as applicable
• Crosstrain on all accounting processes and other accounting functions as required.
• Assist with evaluating credit risk and administering and enforcing credit and collections policies and procedures.
• Reviews, prepares, and analyzes accounts receivable aging and accounts payable aging reports.
• Analyzes information and options by developing spreadsheet reports.
• Ensures the company complies with state tax laws by calculating monthly sales tax, processing quarterly estimated payments, and filing tax forms.
• Complete job billing and lien releases.
• Complete Annual 1099’s, Business Licenses, and Unsecured Personal Property 571L.
• Direct support to Director of Finance.

Johnstone Supply believes that each employee's contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, it is our expectation that each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: 

Required:

• Associate’s degree in accounting, bachelor’s degree in accounting is preferred.
• Two + years’ experience with general staff accounting

Job Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong analytic abilities
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks
• Works well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
• High degree of attention to detail and multi-tasking
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Ownership and pride in work product
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Personal Effectives

• Problem-solving skills: listening to, interpreting, and meeting the needs of others; diagnosing and rectifying problems.

• Skill in following through on commitments. 
• Ability to work efficiently and with a sense of urgency.

• Ability to maintain a positive and friendly demeanor in a stressful and fast-paced environment.

Expected Work Behaviors:

• Keeps the company’s best interests in mind at all times.
• Maintains ethical standards at all times.
• Maintains a professional personal appearance.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; sit for long periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. 

Work Environment:  Most work is performed in an office environment using phone and computer; however the job requires occasional work in warehouse or shop environments.

Compensation:

• Pay is based on experience.
• Health benefits the first of the month following sixty (60) days of continuous employment.
• 401K option is available after ninety (90) days of continuous employment.

Changes:

This job description will be updated if duties and responsibilities change significantly.  

Job functions are subject to modification based on business necessity.

ADA/FEHA:

The Company will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

EEO: The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer