Staff Accountant

MPS Group; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MPS Group, Inc. in Farmington Hills, MI, is seeking a Staff Accountant to join our corporate office.

The role supports the company’s accounting practices and financial reporting by performing journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly close duties. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, at least 3 years of related accounting experience, and strong Excel skills to handle reconciliations, tax filings, and budgeting in a fast-paced environment with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of related accounting experience.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles.
• Ability to present information clearly to managers, clients, and customers.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.
• Strong Excel skills (advanced).
• Experience with payroll liabilities and tax returns is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain account reconciliations monthly.
• Post journal entries as needed.
• Assist with audits throughout the year.
• Maintain fixed asset records and subledger to general ledger reconciliations.
• Reconcile payroll liabilities for timely and accurate allocation.
• Assist with sales and use tax returns and annual property tax returns.
• Prepare budgeting forecasts for fixed assets depreciation and expenses.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Ability to define problems

Data collection

Fact verification

Decision making

Deadline driven

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Job description

MPS Group, Inc., is seeking a Staff Accountant to join our team in our corporate office in Farmington Hills, MI.This individual will support the organization’s accounting practices and financial reporting by performing the following duties personally or with others.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain account reconciliations monthly
• Perform basic troubleshooting to reconcile account balances and inquire to obtain missing information or verify unusual data.
• Posting Journal Entries as needed
• Assist with various audits throughout the year
• Assist with Fixed Asset Maintenance including but not limited to adding assets, maintaining correct back up, Sub Ledger to General Ledger reconciliations
• Reconciling and understanding all Payroll liabilities confirming paid timely and allocated correctly
• Assist with preparing the monthly Sales and Use Tax returns
• Assist with preparing Annual Property Tax Returns
• Prepare budget forecasting for fixed assets depreciation and various expenses
• Perform duties, which may be assigned by the leadership team and/or general management.
• Adhere to the Quality Systems and participate in continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 3 years of related accounting experience required.
• Experience in accounting principles is essential.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment with deadlines.
• Ability to maintain process and procedures documentation.
• Advanced (or strong) Excel skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of related accounting experience.

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MPS Group does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of MPS Group as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).