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Location: Youngstown, OH | Schedule: Full-time, on-site

Overview

An established organization is seeking a Junior Accountant to support its accrual-basis accounting operations. This role plays a vital part in the month-end closing process, contributing to accurate financial reporting and reconciliation across the business.

What you'll do

• Assist in month-end closing functions, including processing journal entries and accruals
• Complete Cash and other General Ledger account reconciliations
• Review, report, and reconcile bank and credit card merchant statements
• Validate wire instructions and payments
• Complete monthly corporate benefit allocations
• Execute monthly corporate credit card expense allocations
• Assist in daily, monthly, and yearly audit functions
• Utilize an ERP system to analyze general ledger account activity
• Assist with various ad-hoc projects and current organizational needs
• Develop a thorough understanding of existing processes, recommend improvements, and help implement them

Required qualifications

• Associate's Degree or higher in Accounting or a related field
• General ledger knowledge coupled with basic accounting skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot, lookup, filters and tables)
• Ability to navigate a PC, including the internet and various software applications, with strong computer savvy
• Extreme attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize workload and multi-task to accomplish goals
• Ability to communicate clear and concise thoughts both written and orally
• Ability to work and think independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven track record of multi-tasking

Why this role

This position plays a vital role in the month-end closing process and offers the opportunity to develop process improvements while gaining broad exposure to general ledger, reconciliation, and audit functions.