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Robert Half Staff Accountant in Urbandale, Iowa
Description This terrific company is seeking a full-time Staff Accountant. You could receive strong compensation and excellent benefits in this position, all while advancing your career! Staff Accountant candidates who are ambitious and detail-oriented will be interested in Robert Half's opportunity to join a thriving, fast-paced company that recognizes talent and effort. This company, based in the Urbandale, Iowa area, offers a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded. This position is for candidates with the ability to prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation and be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. To succeed in this role, you will need to be comfortable participating in compliance, interacting with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and reviewing schedules reporting processes. This is a job where someone with a complex understanding of Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets can thrive.
Key responsibilities
In-depth experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliations
Recurring journal entries maintenance and reconciliation
Special projects and impromptu reporting, upon request
Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for management reporting
Organize schedules for monthly payments and capital lease
Partake in a variety of department-wide initiatives
Support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process, which includes monthly financial close workbook preparation
Oversee depreciation, fixed asset ledgers, and reconciliation
Compose thorough journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll
Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner
Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation
Maintain, implement, and adhere to internal controls while ensuring that accounting procedures comply with GAAP
Perform month end close, journal entries, with minimum supervision Requirements - Excellent analytical, quantitative and social skills
Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases
Experience with budget forecasting
Foundational knowledge in budget forecasting
Comprehensive knowledge of financial statement preparation
Deep understanding of general ledger
Command of journal entries
Attentive, ability to work independently and prioritize tasks
BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics
Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment
Current and relevant ERP system experience
Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
Vow to meet business deadlines
5+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience
Proficient with spreadsheets and databases
Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
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