Staff Accountant

Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 51,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. is seeking a Staff Accountant to perform a variety of monthly accounting and financial close responsibilities.

This role will record financial transactions, prepare journal entries, and reconcile balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and timely reporting. Responsibilities include processing non-patient cash receipts, credit card transactions, fixed asset entries in Lawson, AR support, and contributing to monthly accounting schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting is required.
• Minimum one year of experience working in a general accounting department or public accounting is required.

Responsibilities

• Process non-patient cash receipts on a daily basis, including researching and identifying appropriate General Ledger coding.
• Process daily credit card transactions, ensuring proper handling of confidential information.
• Prepare and enter assigned monthly journal entries, including balance sheet, revenue and expense, and net asset transactions.
• Update and reconcile assigned balance sheet account reconciliations. This includes a variety of asset, liability, and net asset accounts.
• Accurately enter fixed assets into the Lawson Asset Management system on a monthly basis.
• Assist the Senior Accountant with multiple aspects of the non-patient accounts receivable system, including posting, reconciling payments, monthly analysis, and making recommendations for adjustment.
• Assist with monthly accounting schedules by obtaining information from reports and performing accurate data entry.
• Assist Manager, Accounting and Senior Accountant with ad hoc general accounting and administrative tasks as required.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting

Job description

Overview

The Staff Accountant will perform a variety of monthly accounting and financial close responsibilities, including the recording of financial transactions/journal entries and reconciling balance sheet accounts. The incumbent will ensure all assigned journal entries are recorded and that assigned monthly reporting and reconciliations are complete and accurate, all within appropriate deadlines.

Responsibilities

1. Process non-patient cash receipts on a daily basis, including researching and identifying appropriate General Ledger coding.


2. Process daily credit card transactions, ensuring proper handling of confidential information.


3. Prepare and enter assigned monthly journal entries, including balance sheet, revenue and expense, and net asset transactions.


4. Update and reconcile assigned balance sheet account reconciliations. This includes a variety of asset, liability, and net asset accounts.


5. Accurately enter fixed assets into the Lawson Asset Management system on a monthly basis.


6. Assist the Senior Accountant with multiple aspects of the non-patient accounts receivable system, including posting, reconciling payments, monthly analysis, and making recommendations for adjustment.


7. Assist with monthly accounting schedules by obtaining information from reports and performing accurate data entry.


8. Assist Manager, Accounting and Senior Accountant with ad hoc general accounting and administrative tasks as required.

Qualifications

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting required.

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum one year of experience working in a general accounting department or public accounting required.

Minimum pay range

USD $50,786.11/Yr.

Maximum pay range

USD $87,503.31/Yr.

Vacancy ID 13759

Pos. Category Professional/Management

Job Location : Street 1741 Ashland Ave

# of Hours 40.00

Job Locations US-MD-Baltimore

Pos. Type Regular Full Time

Department : Name Finance

Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer M/F/Disability/ProtectedVet