Staff Accountant

Raymond James Financial, Inc.; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James Financial, Inc. in Saint Petersburg, FL seeks an Accountant to manage the general ledger and produce internal financial statements, budgets and reports.

You will record daily ledger entries, reconcile accounts and support monthly closes within GAAP guidelines. The role emphasizes analyzing balance discrepancies, interpreting financial data and proposing process improvements to boost accuracy and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required or equivalent
• 2 years of accounting experience preferred
• GAAP knowledge and ability to learn new applications

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial statements, budgets and reports using general ledger software.
• Record daily general ledger entries.
• Reconcile accounts and complete monthly close procedures.
• Support internal/external audits with information requests.
• Analyze accounts to identify unusual transactions and recommend resolutions.
• Allocate costs and analyze impact on financial statements.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Assist with standard procedures and routine accounting issues.

Skills

Balance analysis

Financial interpretation

Discrepancy resolution

Financial statements

Journal entries

Office software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

2 years experience preferred

Equivalent combination of experience/education

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses general ledger accounting software to prepare financial statements, budgets and reports for internal use.
• Prepares general ledger entries on a daily basis.
• Maintains policy and procedures manuals.
• Analyzes general ledger accounts to identify unusual or irregular transactions and makes recommendations to resolve.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts, prepares analyses and completes other monthly general ledger closing procedures.
• Prepares reports of financial information for management.
• Prepares information and responds to internal/external auditor requests.
• Reviews property level financials and inputs into accounting software.
• Identifies and recommends process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information.
• Limited responsibility for resolving routine accounting problems.
• Allocates costs to individual organizational entities and analyzes the impact of cost allocation on individual financial statements.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of

• Fundamental accounting concepts, practices and procedures.
• Accrual based accounting practices.
• Accounting software packages or ability to learn specific applications.
• Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Skill in

• Analyzing and resolving balance discrepancies.
• Reviewing and interpreting financial information.
• Identifying unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies.
• Preparing financial statements, budgets and management reports.
• Preparing and posting journal entries.
• Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets and databases.

Ability to

• Identify and recommend changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances.
• Identify and recommend solutions to moderately complex accounting problems.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels.
• Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
• Provide a high level of customer service.

Education/Previous Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Accounting.
• Two (2) years’ experience preferred.
• OR ~
• Any equivalent combination of experience, education and/or training approved by Human Resources.

Licenses/Certifications

• None Required.

Travel Required: No