Description

The innovative team at Robert Half is looking for an experienced Staff Accountant to help further their efforts on a full-time basis. In this role, the Staff Accountant is in charge of preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation. You will also be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. You will assist in developing and implementing accounting policies. In addition, you will review schedules for the reporting processes, take part in compliance, and interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits. This intricate position is involved in the production of Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. This Winnipeg, Manitoba area-based position is a challenging, multi-faceted opportunity to work for a company that recognizes and rewards hard work.

Your responsibilities

- Maintain, implement, and adhere to internal controls. Also ensure that accounting procedures comply with GAAP

- Handle intercompany transactions, billings, and reconciliation

- Assemble analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for management reporting

- Compose journal entries and conduct the month end close with minimal supervision

- Arrange schedules for capital lease and monthly payments

- Produce complex journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as requested

- Regular maintenance and reconciliation of journal entries

- In-depth experience with reconciling month end balance sheet accounts

- Partake in a variety of department-wide initiatives

- Oversee depreciation, fixed asset ledgers, and reconciliation

- Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner

- Support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process by preparing monthly financial close workbooks

Requirements

- Strong attention to detail
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation experience
- Problem Identification experience highly desired
- Month end closings experience desired
- Practical knowledge of GAAP Accounting
- Foundational knowledge in account analysis
- Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities
- Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment
- experienced organizational, written and verbal communication skills
- Current and relevant ERP system experience
- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics
- Accomplished in analytical, quantitative and social skills
- 3+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience