Job Description

The Staff Accountant will share responsibilities over a broad range of Accounting and Finance functions, such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, sales & use tax compliance, expense reporting, inventory control, the month-end close process, and financial planning and analysis.

Highlights:

• Pay rate: $28-31/hour
• Hybrid role: only 2 days in-office, and 3 days work from home (Farmers Branch, TX)
• Role is an "add to staff" due to company growth!
• Contract-to-hire (truly looking to convert whoever is hired to a permanent employee, so this is not just strictly a contract role)

General Responsibilities

• Assist with the evaluation, setup, and maintenance of new customers and vendors.
• Review transactions posted in ERP system for accuracy, compliance and use tax accruals.
• Prepare and file monthly, quarterly, and annual sales tax returns.
• Evaluation and ongoing tracking of state nexus status and registration, as needed.
• Assist with month-end closing of balance sheet and income statement (e.g. revenue and expense recognition, account reconciliations).
• Assist with cost tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Identify and implement opportunities for improvement.
• Other projects / reporting, as needed.

Accounts Receivable

• Support timely and accurate customer invoicing.
• Support proactive collection of customer balances.
• Collaborate with customers and coworkers to resolve billing and collection issues.
• Post incoming payments.

Accounts Payable

• Support full cycle accounts payable duties including verifying accuracy of vendor invoices, obtaining approvals, vouchering, general ledger coding and payment scheduling.
• Review and validate AP postings by coworkers within the Accounting Department.
• Check payment support; (printing/mailing checks)
• Responding to vendor inquiries, reconciling vendor statements, and researching discrepancies.
• 1099 reporting support.
• Train new coworkers on expense reporting process and assist them with submissions, as needed.
• Review submitted expense reports for accuracy and compliance.
• Track status of purchase orders, AP invoices and expense reports to ensure timely processing.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• 2+ Years of Accounting Experience Relevant to Responsibilities Listed Above
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred but not required, or Additional Comparable Experience
• Experience with general ledger is required
• Experience with ERP Systems
• Intermediate Excel (pivot tables, sum-if, if, lookups)
• Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills
• Comfortable in fast paced environment
• Driven, Highly Self-Motivated
• Detail & Customer Focus Oriented
• Discretion (This role will have access to sensitive information and must maintain confidentiality)

Not Required, but Relevant & Desirable:

• Experience with SAP (Business One)
• Experience with Avalara Sales Tax Tool
• Experience with Concur Expense Reporting Platform
• Excel Macros / RPA / Other Automation Tools
• Data Visualization (Tableau, Power BI, Think-Cell)
• Advanced Presentation Design (e.g. PowerPoint)

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