Staff Accountant: Detail-Driven, Growth-Focused

Funeral Directors Life; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site clinic

24-hour fitness center

Employer-paid health coverage

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Directors Investment Group (DIG), based in Abilene, TX, is seeking a Staff Accountant to join a growing accounting team. You will maintain financial records, prepare statements, and support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes with accuracy and integrity.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 2–5 years of experience, strong communication, organization, and confidentiality skills, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required or preferred.
• 2–5 years of accounting or financial reporting experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.
• Adaptable to change and eager to learn.
• Prepare and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Maintain key accounting processes that are critical to monthly, quarterly, and yearly filings and deadlines.
• Prepare and post journal entries to the appropriate general ledger accounts.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
• Other duties assigned to ensure the Accounting Department runs smoothly and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Maintain key accounting processes that are critical to monthly, quarterly, and yearly filings and deadlines.
• Prepare and post journal entries to the appropriate general ledger accounts.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
• Other duties assigned to ensure the Accounting Department runs smoothly and efficiently.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Confidentiality

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

Job description

Directors Investment Group (DIG), based in Abilene, TX, is seeking a Staff Accountant to join a growing accounting team. You will maintain financial records, prepare statements, and support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes with accuracy and integrity.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 2–5 years of experience, strong communication, organization, and confidentiality skills, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and Excel.