Accountant

Role Overview

• Provide financial information by maintaining and reconciling accounts.
• Assist senior accountants and accounting manager with monthly closings and account analysis.
• Support in carrying out the responsibilities of the accounting department.
• Foster an environment of teamwork, compliance, and continual improvement.
• Adhere to the Company's objectives, i.e. Safety, Quality, Environmental and Information Security.
• Ensure compliance with the department’s standard operating procedures.
• Work closely with accounting team and Outsourcing Company to process accounts payable; research, analyze and manage vendor accounts.
• Responsible to help communications between Outsourcing company’s AP team and MCOI departments.
• Review and verify invoices and check a weekly forecasting payment report.
• Record accounting receivables and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Record journal entries.
• Charge expenses to GL accounts and assign cost centers or WBS by analyzing invoice/expense reports.
• Schedule and prepare checks, ACH, and Wire for payments to vendors.
• Verify contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Support senior accountants to prepare month end journal entries for sales accruals and cost accruals.
• Calculate and prepare journal entries for financial closings and Cost Center related transactions.
• Responsible for submitting the journal entries along with the supporting documentations in a timely manner.
• Support tax filing and communication with tax auditor (third party audit firm) and tax authorities.

Requirements

• 3+ years of accounting with A/P, A/R, Revenue & COGS recognitions, USGAAP and accrual basis accounting experiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Must be detailed oriented: Proven organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong foundation in accounting principles.
• Accounts Payable Specialist with PO type 3-Way Match experience.
• Professional demeanor while working closely with accounting staff and outsourcing company on multiple tasks and projects.
• Experience with US GAAP
• Experience with different revenue recognition techniques – completed contract, percentage of completion, etc.
• Positive attitude, excellent critical thinking skills, communication and computer skills; SAP experience a plus, proficiency with Excel, MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, etc.)
• Ability to excel within time constraints and rapid turnaround situations.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a team-oriented work environment.
• Proven organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience working for a Big 4 Company.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Flexible working hours