Senior Accountant

Job Details

Job Location

R E Campus S07 - Bridgeton, NJ

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Graduate Degree

Salary Range

$65000.00 - $75000.00 Salary/year

Description

JOB FUNCTION :

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the company's financial plans and policies, its accounting practices, the maintenance of its fiscal records, and the preparation of financial reports. The position involves supervision over general accounting, property accounting, internal auditing, cost accounting, and budgetary controls.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Assists the accounting staff in daily problem resolutions and provides ongoing training.

Reviews the detail work product of the staff to ensure accuracy of the detail and compliance with all appropriate grant regulations.

Prepare grant reports, grant budgets, and grant closeouts in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Government Standards and Uniform Guidance Act, and appropriated state and federal regulations.

Maintains account analyses for balance sheet accounts. Makes certain that depreciation is accurately calculated and recorded.

Development, analysis and interpretation of statistical and accounting information in order to appraise operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget, and other matters bearing on the fiscal soundness and operating effectiveness of the organization.

Maintains the company's system of accounts and keeps books and records on all company transactions and assets.

Furnishes internal reports, revises and updates reports to be more useful, efficient, and furnishes external reports as necessary.

Responsible for collection of inventory data from programs and agency locations.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Other responsibilities include seeing that company policy is carried out or complied with, assisting other departments in forecasting personnel and financial needs, accelerating cash receipts, and evaluating and implementing computerized accounting systems.

The preceding examples are representative of the assignments performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Skill in math, accurate and precise

Interest in business, organized, willing to follow recommended procedures, honest, patient, possessing good written and oral communication skills, good people skills, team player

Knowledge of EDP-oriented accounting systems

Three (3) to five (5) years' experience in private industry

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