Accountant II: Gift Card & Reconciliation Lead

Safeway; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly wages paid

Discount programs

Health and 401k benefits

Time off

Career development

Job summary

Albertsons Companies, located at the National Services Center in Phoenix, AZ, seeks an Accountant for the Electronic Banking Department to oversee gift card activity, manage reconciliations, and support journal entries. The role requires a four-year degree in accounting or business and 3+ years in a similar setting with mainframe systems.

Responsibilities include leading gift card applications, closing activities, creating reports, and guiding staff on accounting tasks.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in accounting or business.
• Three or more years’ accounting experience in a larger organization with mainframe-based accounting systems.
• Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Intermediate level PC skills with knowledge of Windows and Microsoft software applications.
• Superior customer service attitude and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High degree of accuracy, initiative, and adaptability.
• Detail oriented with solid analytical skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated and ability to complete tasks with a minimum amount of supervision.
• Honest and trustworthy, exhibiting sound business ethics.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the gift card desk activity and support the accounting clerk.
• Perform as functional lead for the gift card applications and the ReconNet transaction matching application.
• Coordinate with the gift card clerk to perform analysis, reconciliations, and book journal entries for first party gift cards.
• Prepare periodic account reconciliations and support staff with their account reconciliations.
• Perform closing activities including journal entries, allocations, accruals and analysis.
• Support team members on all interface file issues.
• Create standard and ad hoc reports utilizing various applications: SQL, Access, Excel, ODBC queries, Oracle.
• Take the lead on tasks requiring research, organization, communication, and problem resolution.
• Coordinate with associates to identify process efficiencies.
• Responsible for coordinating and ensuring all tasks are completed on time.
• Responsible for providing guidance to internal/external customers.
• Facilitate audits conducted by internal/external entities.
• Train and assist team members in specific accounting tasks and in the use of systems.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Education

Four-year college degree in accounting or business

Tools

Mainframe accounting systems

SQL

Access

Excel

ODBC queries

Oracle

Job description

Albertsons Companies, located at the National Services Center in Phoenix, AZ, seeks an Accountant for the Electronic Banking Department to oversee gift card activity, manage reconciliations, and support journal entries. The role requires a four-year degree in accounting or business and 3+ years in a similar setting with mainframe systems.

Responsibilities include leading gift card applications, closing activities, creating reports, and guiding staff on accounting tasks.