Job Description

If you\'re looking for work as a full-time Accountant, this terrific company might have a job for you. Looking to advance your career? This position with strong compensation and excellent benefits could be the one for you. A thriving, fast-paced company that recognizes talent and effort is working with Robert Half to find ambitious, detail-oriented Accountant candidates. Based in the Winnipeg, Manitoba area, this role is a career-building, multi-faceted opportunity to work for a company that recognizes and rewards hard work. To succeed in this role, you will need to handle accounts payable, accounts receivable, prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation and be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. This position will participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules reporting processes. If you have a complex understanding of Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets, you will be preferred for this role.

Your responsibilities in this role

- Participate in various department-wide initiatives

- Assemble journal entries and thorough account reconciliations that include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll

- Produce journal entries and perform the month end close under minimal supervision

- Manage depreciation, fixed asset ledgers, and reconciliation

- Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner

- Assemble analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for management reporting

- In-depth knowledge of reconciling month end balance sheet accounts

- Support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process by preparing monthly financial close workbooks

- Periodic maintenance and reconciliation of journal entries

- Maintain, implement, and adhere to internal controls. Also ensure that accounting procedures comply with GAAP

- Upon request, take part in special projects and impromptu reporting

- Maintain intercompany transactions, billings, and reconciliation

- Manage schedules for capital lease and monthly payments

Requirements

- Self-starter, ability to identify issues and resolve problems

- Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement

- Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines

- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

- Demonstrated knowledge of general ledger

- Strong familiarity with Bank Deposit

- Accounts Payable (AP) experience desired

- Knowledge of Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Practical knowledge of Year-end Reporting

- General familiarity with Year-end Close

- Bank reconciliations experience

- Account reconciliation experience

- Adeptness in general ledger

- 2+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

- Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment

- Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

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