Staff Accountant Wanted!Fairfield County CT

Level 1 Resources - We Place Accounting and Finance Professionals in the NYC metro area (NYC, Westchester and CT)

Description




Our client is a Fairfield County CT Consumer Products company looking for a talented staff accountant to join their team.




- Responsible for daily cash management reporting


- Managing the Company's fixed assets recording systems


- Balance sheet account reconciliations


- Creation and entry of general ledger journal entries


- Review corporate P&L accounts.


- Participate in the monthly closing process.




Responsibilities




Daily cash management - Perform daily reporting of cash position,
calculation of funding requests or repayments under the company's short
term lending facility, preparation and submission of daily funding
request.



Account reconciliations - Monthly analysis of all activity
affecting balance sheet accounts with particular emphasis on prepaid
assets, accrued expenses and royalty accounts.




Fixed assets - Review and follow-up on all open capital expenditure requests (CER) and posting to fixed asset system.




Journal entries / monthly close - Preparation and entry of required entries for the monthly close




Review of certain corporate P&L areas.




Maintain schedule of rents for the US operations.




Requirements




- Prior experience in a consumer products company is a must


- Bachelor's degree in Accounting


- 3 - 5 years experience in a similar position.


- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.


- Strong MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) mandatory.


- General Ledger package, JDE preferred but not mandatory.


- Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy.


- Must be able to perform account reconciliations quickly and accurately


- Must possess general accounting acumen in the areas of prepaid assets, amortization and depreciation, accrued expenses.


- Ability to work independently.


- Ability to exercise judgment in the area of interest expense minimization




Contact:




Tom Hogan


Principal


Level 1 Resources


(914) 478-4459 ext 111


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