Staff Accountant

Robert Half has partnered up with a dynamic, innovative Retail firm to fill a Staff Accountant position on their team. Set in the Charleston, South Carolina area, the company offering this short-term contract / temporary to hire opportunity encourages innovation and rewards effort in the work place. In this role, the Staff Accountant holds responsibility for preparing monthly and year-end closings, fixed asset maintenance, journal entries, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation. This position spends a fair amount of time producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. During the monthly close, you'll also be charged with various aspects of internal reporting. You'll also communicate with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, take part in compliance, and look over schedules for the reporting processes.

Your responsibilities in this role

- Partake in annual closing processes

- Be a part of various department-wide initiatives

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

- Create monthly statement analysis to be used for management reportings

- Maintain fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Maintain monthly payment schedules

- Report on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a useful and understandable manner

- Carry out month end close, journal entries, without supervision

- Take part the in implementation and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures, ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Ad-hoc tasks and special projects, as needed

Requirements

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to handle multiple projects within strict deadlines

- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to exercise good judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis

- General ledger experience highly desired

- Foundational knowledge in Excel VBA

- Excel Formulas experience

- Knowledge of Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Comprehensive knowledge of Accounts Payable (AP)

- Recent and relevant accounting experience

- Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

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

- Great attention to detail

- Competent with spreadsheets and databases

- Seizes opportunities to produce results without direct supervision

- Knowledgeable of ERP systems

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