Job Description

Candidates looking for full-time work will be interested in Robert Half\'s Staff Accountant opportunity with an innovative Wholesale Distribution company. To excel in this position, you should enjoy challenges and be adept at managing multiple projects. This Staff Accountant position is for candidates who can prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. The ideal candidate for this position can perform internal reporting during the monthly close, participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules reporting processes. Based in the East Gwillimbury, Ontario area, this role is a career-building, multi-faceted opportunity to work for a company that recognizes and rewards hard work. Are you a detail-oriented and analytical thinker with a talent for creating Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets? You might thrive in this role.

Major responsibilities

- Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation

- Compose journal entries and conduct the month end close with minimal supervision

- Maintain fixed asset ledgers, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Prepare complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll

- Impromptu reporting and special projects, when requested

- Assist in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Recurring journal entries maintenance and reconciliation

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

- In-depth experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliations

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

- Organize schedules for monthly payments and capital lease

- Play a part in a variety of department-wide initiatives

- Coordinate and analyze a variety of financial data, then report it in a way that is useful and understandable

Requirements

- Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines

- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills

- Current and relevant ERP system experience

- 2+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

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

- Self-driven motivator who takes initiative on projects with a strong ability to understand and solve creative challenges

- Solid understanding of Corporate Accounting

- Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment

- Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

- High attention to detail and possesses excellent organizational and writing skills

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills

- Proficient with spreadsheets and databases

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