Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Windy City Cannabis is a family of cannabis dispensaries offering curated cannabis products and personalized customer service. The Staff Accountant supports accurate financial reporting through journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close activities, revenue reporting, vendor credit tracking, accounts payable reconciliation, and accounting process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Supports all areas of the accounting team including journal entries, bank reconciliation, cash reconciliation, other account reconciliations and month-end close
- Performs bank and undeposited funds reconciliations across all locations both weekly and monthly, including the reconciliation of cashless customer payments
- Create and record monthly journal entries including revenue, inventory, COGS, lease, depreciation expense, prepaid amortization, accruals etc
- Responsible for coding of credit card purchases
- Contributes towards preparation of monthly revenue reporting and store level metrics
- Assists with month-end closing activities, including preparing accruals, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and generating reports for internal review
- Calculates and tracks vendor promotion credits and coordinates with vendors to apply credits
- Collaborates with the accounts payable function by performing regular reconciliations to vendor statements to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies
- Engages ad hoc projects and workflow process improvements as requested
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in accountancy
- 2+ years of experience in the accounting field
- Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness
- Strong Time Management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and MS Office required
- Strong internal customer service skills and excellent oral and written communication
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to think critically and solve complex problems both collaboratively in a team environment and independently
- Expertise with advanced excel functions (e.g., VLOOKUP and pivot tables)
- Experience accounting for multiple legal entities within one reporting structure
- Ability to obtain a dispensing agent identification card issued by the state of Illinois
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and ethical conduct
- Exceptional customer service skills and Positive attitude, team player and strong work ethic
- Must be and remain compliant with any and all regulatory requirements as they pertain to the industry, personnel law, safety regulations, local codes and organizational rules, regulations, directives, standard operating procedures, state and local laws for working in the cannabis industry
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods while working at a computer, communicate effectively, use hands and fingers to operate a keyboard and other office equipment, and occasionally stand, walk, reach, bend, or lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
- Must be able to remain focused, pay close attention to detail
- Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively?
- CPA preferred
- Understanding of FnO is a plus
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Sick and Paid Time Off
- 40% Employee Discount
- Employee Samples
- 401(k)
- Remote work
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