Staff Accountant - Creative Financial Staffing
Washington, DC
About the Job
About the Organization & Opportunity:
- Our client is a nonprofit membership association with nearly 200 member companies
- Highly established organization that was founded over 100 years ago
- Employees praise the organization’s education and training programs and work-life balance (including hybrid work schedule)
- Approachable leadership that is available to answer questions and provide thorough training
Staff Accountant
Responsibilities:
- Staff Accountant will file sales & use tax and property tax returns for all state tax returns (Organization is not represented in all states. There’s a calendar to follow with which state needs what done each month.)
- Staff Accountant will create invoices– heavy data entry into Great Plains. Staff Accountant will create between 10-20 invoices/week. Some of the invoices are more complex.
- Staff Accountant will enter contracts into Great Plains – lots of analysis and data entry. Staff Accountant will open and read contract and confirm the financial information is correct.
- Staff Accountant will assist with ad hoc accounting tasks and projects, as requested
Requirements:
- 3+ years of accounting experience (with emphasis in AR, GL, and reconciliations)
- Ideally previous sales tax liability exposure
- Previous nonprofit accounting experience is a plus but NOT required
- Degree is a plus but not required as long as someone has relevant work experience and strong understanding of debits and credits Must have previous ERP system experience (Great Plains is a plus but NOT required)
- Experienced utilizing Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel (sum, sorting, filter, able to create a basic spreadsheet)
Personality Fit:
- Must be analytical – review work and think through before entering data
- Hard working
- Driven
- Willingness to learn and open to cross training (team members are trained on other responsibilities in case of an emergency)
- Positive attitude
- Proactive and clear communication skills
- Not afraid to ask questions
- Team player but also able to work independently
Qualified candidates please submit your resume for immediate consideration for this exciting job opportunity!
MaxSalary: USD70000
MinSalary: USD60000
Source : Creative Financial Staffing