TEMPORARY NEED - Staff Accountant - Storr Office Environments

Job Title: Temporary Staff Accountant

Reports To: Controller

Summary: We seek a Temporary Staff Accountant to support our accounting team during an employee's maternity leave. The ideal candidate will handle items such as: month end financial close tasks, reconcile balance sheet accounts, and manage monthly sales tax filings for states such as Ohio, Utah, and West Virginia. The ideal candidate will have QuickBooks online & desktop experience.

Duration: October 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025

Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, onsite

Compensation - $60K-$65K annually

Application Process: Please submit your resume by September 25, 2024, to sguidry@storr.com or directly apply at https://www.applicantpro.com/openings/storr/jobs.

Purpose/General Description:

The Staff Accountant is responsible for recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions for the preparation of multiple financial statements and assisting with day-to-day accounting needs to include both internal and external reporting requirements.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains and balances company accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, and resolving discrepancies
• Summarizes financials by collecting information and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other management statements
• Accurately calculate sales taxes for multiple states and file the state sales tax reports and payments with the states on a timely basis each month
• Analyze, verify, and prepare data for input into the G/L system while maintaining records and files
• Assist in the completion and/or review of monthly financial statements
• Reconciles balance sheet accounts and credit card statements monthly
• Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data
• Calculates the monthly sales commissions
• Assists in cross-training other accounting team members in the daily functions
• Recommend new processes and procedures for review and approval of upper management that provide solutions and take advantage of continuous improvement opportunities
• Ensure confidentiality and protect the integrity of financials through process documentation and control, knowledge of GAAP, and following internal control procedures

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Excellent analytical skills with a sound understanding of accounting principles and internal controls
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office Applications with intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
• Three to five years' experience in the accounting field- preferably with one to three years of public accounting
• Knowledge of state and federal tax form processes and how to accurately prepare forms for each
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team and actively contribute to the success of the team
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong organizational and communication skills