Junior Staff Accountant

Job Description

Description:

Job Summary

The Junior Staff Accountant is responsible for compiling, processing, and maintaining daily accounting tasks. Assist with compiling, calculating, coding, and executing billing data to ensure efficient, timely and accurate billing of work done by Foxfire Property Management, Facilitech and The Cleaning Guy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Perform reconciliations to include vendor and credit card statements

Assist A/R Specialist via monitoring collections

Assist Billing Specialist with creation and preparation of invoices to include postage and copier charges

Track and monitor accounts payable utilizing 3rd party software

Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded

Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements

Assist other departments such as residential and commercial with reviewing of monthly expenses

Update financial data in a timely manner

Ensure that information is accurate

React in a timely manner if the information is not accurate

Support senior and staff accountants

Adhere to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines

As needed, assist Controller with other accounting projects

Promotes and supports Foxfire’s policies and procedures

Ability to work well with a diverse group of people

Additional Duties

Special projects as needed

Actively seeks out other tasks when current work is complete

Participate in ongoing education and training

Other duties as assigned

Essential Behavior Requirements

Customer Service: Displays a professional sense of urgency when communicating and interacting with customers, coworkers, and the public in a way that exceeds the customer’s wants and needs. Identifies opportunities to improve and deliver additional value to customer’s experience by presenting creative solutions and innovative ideas.

Communication: Actively listens to customers, coworkers, and the public (viewing the situation from the customer’s perspective) and works together to solve the problem through effective communication.

Problem Solving: Ability to recognize and define problems; analyze relevant information; encourage alternative solutions and plans to resolve situations; seeks additional assistance when needed.

Quality: Work “product or service” is free of errors and exceeds customer expectations

Minimum Qualifications

Education or Experience- Bachelor’s degree in accounting from four-year college or university.

Language Skills- Must have developed language skills to the point to be able to: read and interpret financial statements and respond to common inquiries or questions. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Able to speak professionally and effectively in one-on-one or in small group situations.

Mathematical Skills- Requires mathematical development sufficient to be able to: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage. Possess a general understanding of basic accounting principles. Demonstrates accuracy and attention to detail.

Reasoning Ability- Must have developed reasoning skills to be able to: apply common logic in understanding and carrying out written, oral, or diagram instructions. Ability to positively deal with problems involving standardized situations.

Physical Requirements

Ability to pass physical exam, pre-employment drug test and background check

Requires sitting to a significant degree, walking, standing, reaching, handling, talking, hearing and seeing

Lifting up to 25 lbs. maximum with infrequent lifting and/or carrying or transporting of objects weighing up to 10 lbs.

Ability to operate standard office equipment including personal computer, copiers, facsimile, telephone, remote scanner(s) and 10-key calculator

Inside environmental office conditions protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes

Requirements:

Full-time