Accounting Specialist

Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM); Toulon (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural management firm is seeking an Accounting Specialist to perform bookkeeping and payroll duties. The ideal candidate will possess attention to detail and ability to multitask effectively. Responsibilities include preparing payroll, ensuring compliance with tax laws, and maintaining client databases. This full-time role offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual pay adjustments

Health, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD Insurances

Employer contributions to 401k

Qualifications

• 1 year (Preferred) in accounting or bookkeeping.
• Associates degree in accounting or commensurate experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare client employee statements and process paychecks.
• Calculate net salaries, deductions, and withholdings.
• Ensure compliance with governmental payroll tax laws.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Payroll processing

Education

Associates degree in accounting

Tools

QuickBooks

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Base pay range

$15.00/hr - $25.00/hr

Job Title: Accounting Specialist

Job Summary: Perform bookkeeper, financial, and office assistant duties to help with the organization and performance of administrative tasks, as well as make monthly computer accounting entries for clients using QuickBooks.

The ideal candidate will be a hard-working professional able to undertake a variety of office support tasks and work diligently under pressure. This person will be comfortable working with a high degree of attention to detail and discretion as well as incorporating new and effective ways to achieve better results.

Essential Duties:

• Prepare client employee statements and process paychecks. Maintain payroll files and create reports.
• Calculate net salaries, deductions, and withholdings.
• Updating payroll files and general ledger.
• Resolve payroll issues.
• Ensure payroll documents and tax documents are accurate. (W-2's, 943, 941, 940, etc)
• Participate in payroll audits.
• Ensure compliance with governmental laws payroll taxes.
• Filing all required payroll monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports.
• Respond to any letters received from government agencies regarding payroll issues.
• Maintain access to clients' online transcripts and financial information.
• Contact grain marketing company to confirm grain sales.
• Prepare bank deposits, general ledger postings and statements for clients.
• Performing day to day financial transactions including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables data for clients.
• Send accounting reports to clients.
• Prepare and file sales and use tax.
• Assist other staff as needed with their questions.
  
  
  

Job Overview And Scope

• Organize office and assist field staff in ways that optimize procedures
• Take messages including appointment cancellations and reschedules
• Monitor level of supplies and handle shortages
• Maintain trusting relationships with clients
• Maintain and update databases such as mailing lists, contact lists, etc.
• Retrieve, sort and distribute incoming mail
• Assist in W-2/ 1099 Processing
  
  
  

Experience / Education:

• Associates degree in accounting or commensurate experience
• 1 year (Preferred) in accounting or bookkeeping
  
  
  

Pay & Benefits:

• We offer a competitive salary that recognizes experience.
• Annual Pay adjustments
• Vacation, Sick, Holidays & Personal Days
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD Insurances
• Employer contributions to 401k annually

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

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