Staff Accountant

Jobtailor; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an accounting professional in Memphis to support monthly and quarterly reporting, GL reconciliations, and journal entries across IT, Marketing, HR, and Product Development.

The role covers benefits accounting, intercompany transactions, and revenue AR reconciliations, with collaboration across departments to ensure GAAP compliance and timely deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• Prefer 1-3 years of accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation of monthly and quarterly reports.
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations and variance analysis monthly.
• Process and post journal entries for IT/Marketing/HR/Product Development reporting, forecasting and reconciliations.
• Benefits accounting/reconciliation for self-insurance programs.
• Assist in reconciliation processes including landed cost clearing accounts and variance clearing accounts.
• Assist in intercompany accounting for new locations and ERPs.
• Revenue accounting month-end tasks including AR reconciliations.
• Coordinate quarterly royalty reporting.
• Collaborate with departments to resolve discrepancies and ensure accuracy of financial information.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and GAAP.
• Support system changes and implementations.
• Maintain complete and accurate task lists and status of open items.
• Consistently meet deadlines.
• Prepare basic analysis for external accountants and annual audit.
• Ad-hoc projects as required.
• Communicate known issues to Manager or Controller in a timely manner.

Skills

Journal Entry Processing

Benefits Accounting

Intercompany Accounting

AR Reconciliation

Financial Reporting

Variance Clearing Accounts

Royalty Reporting

Task List Management

Ad-Hoc Project Support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation of monthly and quarterly reports.
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations and variance analysis monthly.
• Process and post journal entries IT/Marketing/HR (HC) /Product Development reporting, forecasting and recons.
• Benefits accounting/reconciliation for self-insurance programs.
• Assist in Reconciliation process – Landed Cost clearing accounts – including variance clearing accounts.
• Assist in accounting duties for Intercompany accounting associated with new locations and associated ERPs.
• Revenue accounting month end tasks to include AR reconciliations.
• Coordinate quarterly royalty reporting.
• Collaborate with other departments to research, analyze and resolve discrepancies and irregularities to ensure accuracy of financial information.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Support efforts related to system changes and/or implementations.
• Maintain complete and accurate task lists and status of open items.
• Consistently meet deadlines.
• Prepare basic analysis for external accountants and annual audit.
• Ad-hoc projects as required.
• Communicate known issues to Manager or Controller in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Prefer 1-3 years of experience

Hard Skills

• Journal Entry Processing
• Benefits Accounting
• Intercompany Accounting
• AR Reconciliation
• Financial Reporting
• Variance Clearing Accounts
• Royalty Reporting
• Task List Management
• Ad-Hoc Project Support

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Deadline Management
• Analytical Problem Solving