Staff Accountant

Midwest Professional Staffing
Des Moines, Iowa
Full-time

Staff Accountant

Midwest Professional Staffing is seeking a qualified Staff Accountant to join a local client. The ideal candidate must have the ability to independently complete beginning to end accounting functions.

Qualified candidates will be knowledgeable in financial reporting and analysis, debits and credits, complex reconciliations, and presenting / support to management.

The Staff Accountant will report to a dynamic Controller.

Specific Job Functions :

  • Produce and analyze monthly financial reports.
  • Responsible for the accounting close processes that includes recording journal entries to the general ledger, and reconciling the general ledger.
  • Perform bank reconciliations.
  • Assist management with various activities including budgeting, benchmarking analyses, and ad-hoc reporting.
  • Assist with processing weekly accounts payable and ensuring appropriate documentation.
  • Provide bookkeeping support to other team members that could include invoicing, billing, preparing journal entries, etc.
  • Maintain vendor database for IRS reporting; provide data for grant applications.
  • Maintain communication with external vendors including assisting CPA firm during audits.

Job Requirements

  • 4+ years of relevant full cycle accounting experience required.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting strongly preferred; Associates Degree with subsequent experience in lieu of Bachelors will be considered.
  • Experience in complex or multi-company environment preferred.
  • Comfortable with navigating various software’s, proven technical experience.
  • Highly motivated and proven ability to be a self-starter. Demonstrated ability to work under deadlines.
  • Confidential and ability to effectively communicate with a variety of personnel.
  • Detail oriented.

Salary dependent on experience

30+ days ago
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