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Description

Working closely with other members of the Finance Team, the Junior Accountant is responsible for Accounts Payable and General Ledger related functions as well as combining reporting with insight and analysis.  

Scope and Responsibilities:
Posting of all accounts payable invoices, ensuring proper approvals are received, the proper classification of expenses and department and location allocations are correct
Perform weekly vendor aging, working with cash management to ensure payments are processed in a timely manner
Ensuring proper documentation and processes are followed for purchase requests and orders
Create and maintain recurring journal entries for monthly accruals and prepaid releases
Perform journal entries for intercompany accounts
Perform lead sheet reconciliations for prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accounts receivable
Managing and reconciling the corporate donation spend
Backup approver for employee expense management (travel and expense reports)
Reconciliation of corporate credit cards (backup)
Complete detailed analysis on key expense spend on a monthly basis (in the format of comments)
Complete monthly analysis on key expense spend for monthly executive write-up and financials
Assisting with interim and annual audit
Optimize and create solutions for automating excel reconciliations (Capital and Operational Expenditures, ESOP, Monthly Financials, etc.) on an ad hoc basis
The Ideal Candidate:
3+ years of accounting experience required
Must be detail-oriented, accurate and organized and reliable
Ability to communicate well in English both verbally and written
Two-year associate degree/diploma in Accounting
Excellent knowledge and experience with SAP, MS Office (Excel, Word)
Detail-oriented
Able to meet strict deadlines