Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Strategic Association Solutions is an accounting outsourcing firm dedicated to serving membership-based nonprofits. The Staff Accountant plays a crucial role in managing full-charge accounting, ensuring accuracy in financial processes, and providing financial guidance to client organizations.
Responsibilities
- Record transactions related to monthly close and reconciliations timely and accurately
- Daily transaction entries including cash receipts, invoices, journal entries
- Ensure timely client invoicing for direct client expenses
- Reconciliation of third-party transaction portals to Accounting System
- Maintain and reconcile general ledger, bank accounts, and fixed assets
- Coordinate with Accounting Manager to ensure up to date maintenance of financial policies, procedures, and controls
- Prepare for year-end audit, including financial schedules and providing information as requested to auditors
- Records and reconciles client accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems to ensure compliance with GAAP standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices
- Review all month-end entries to ensure proper recording of all transactions to ensure proper accounting period is used
- Develops an understanding of the association client's business to provide accurate and in-depth analysis and financial guidance
- Ensure all entries are properly recorded in all accounting software currently including credit card/expense portal, AP portal and NetSuite
- Effectively manages multiple bank accounts for disbursement
- Processes daily incoming disbursement requests for multiple organizations utilizing Concur and NetSuite reporting tools. Review for appropriate documentation, signatures, and coding
- Answers Concur and Account Payable inquiries from vendors, employees, and clients
- Meets weekly deadlines for processing all incoming disbursements
- Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
- Research vendor invoices/statements and discrepancies; acts upon them quickly and effectively
- Monitors daily and reconciles monthly Accounts Payable vendor statements
- Codes all invoices accurately and timely
- Processes weekly check runs and ACH payments
- Maintains accurate vendor records for annual 1099 requirements
- Produces ad-hoc reports utilizing all accounting software
- Processes payment for member dues, meeting registrations, etc
- AR batch deposits and bank feed matching in ERP
- Reconciles online batches with credit card processing system to ensure payment was received and balances
- Performs refunds and system adjustments
- Prepare month-end reports as required based on client specifications
- Works with Senior Accountants and Accounting Managers to address merchant service issues, GL coding, or reconciliation issues
- Performs month-end reporting and bank statement reconciliation
- Other duties that align with the mission and vision of the company as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
- Minimum 1-3 years of accounting experience
- Strong computer skills, including proficiency with MS Excel and Accounting software such as NetSuite
- Ability to manipulate data for actionable management reporting
- Effective planning and organization skills to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Customer service orientation and ability to interact effectively at all levels
- Proactive and collaborative working style, committed to continuous improvement
Education Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred;
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