Staff Accountant, Accounts Payable Shared Services

Comcast; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and technology company seeks an experienced accountant to handle complex accounting tasks. Responsibilities include analyzing financial reports, maintaining ledgers, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience, contributing to a dynamic team committed to excellence.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits options

Employee support for personal milestones

Qualifications

• 2-5 Years of relevant work experience required.
• Compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data.

Responsibilities

• Interprets accounting data and recommends actions.
• Prepares journal entries and maintains ledgers.
• Analyzes financial statements for management review.

Skills

Accounting

Accounts Payable Process

Microsoft Excel

Payment Handling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

Responsible for following general instructions and with discretion as to work details, performs accounting tasks of a difficult nature requiring an experienced, professional knowledge of accounting principles and practices. Provides specialized or general analysis support in various accounting functions such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cost Accounting, Property Accounting, General Accounting and the like. Works with moderate guidance in own area of knowledge.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Interprets accounting data, analyzes reports and recommends action to be taken.
• Prepares difficult journal entries, maintains complex ledgers, reconciles and analyzes specific cost account ledgers. Assists in the development and installation of accounting systems, cost accounting methods, procedures and controls.
• Establishes and maintains property accounting records. Reviews the preparation of various financial statements, records and reports compiled by lower level accounting support personnel.
• Prepares financial reports analyzing data for management review.
• Calculates payments to regulatory authorities based on a review of contracts and regulations.
• Ensures the balance sheet accounts are accurately stated based on compiled reconciliation procedures and agreement with source documents.
• Enters monthly journal entries to properly record accounting transactions, ensuring that journal entries have proper back up to substantiate the entry.
• Reviews financial statements for operating trends and results.
• Develops automated Oracle routines such as mass allocations and re-occurring journal entries.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills

Accounting, Accounts Payable Process, Microsoft Excel, Payment Handling

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Education

Bachelor's DegreeWhile possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 YearsComcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.