Bookeeper/Staff Accountant

Robert Half is searching for an experienced Staff Accountant or Senior Bookkeeper for a client in the construction industry. In this role, you will be in charge of preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation. During the monthly close, you will also be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting. You will put your skills towards the development and implementation of accounting policies. In addition, you will participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules for the reporting processes. This position is very complex as it plays a part in the production of Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. This is a challenging, multi-faceted opportunity in the Crossville, Tennessee area, at a company where effort is rewarded.

Responsibilities

- Perform month end close, journal entries, with minimum supervision

- Implement, maintain, and adhere to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner

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

- Participate in various department-wide initiatives

- Handle intercompany transactions, billings, and reconciliation

- Maintain fixed asset ledgers, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Arrange schedules for capital lease and monthly payments

- Recurring journal entries maintenance and reconciliation

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as requested

- Become well-versed in month end balance sheet account reconciliations

- Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for management reporting

- Support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process, which includes monthly financial close workbook preparation

- Comfortable working in a changing and dynamic environment

- Well-founded grasp of High-Volume Invoicing

- Payroll experience

- Proven knowledge of bank reconciliations

- Payroll tax experience

- Revenue recognition experience preferred

- Experience with year end closings

- Certified Payroll experience

- High attention to detail and possesses excellent organizational and writing skills

- Skilled with ERP systems

- Ability and willingness to meet business critical deadlines

- Outstanding organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

- 3+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

- Notable analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Proficient with spreadsheets and databases

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

- Self-starter, ability to identify issues and resolve problems