Staff Accountant

Principal Function: The Staff Accountant is responsible for managing and recording financial transactions, ensuring compliance with regulations, and assisting in the preparation of financial reports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Executes the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing of the general ledger, which includes the preparation and posting of journal entries.
• Conducts reconciliations and analyses of the general ledger and individual accounts.
• Performs monthly bank reconciliations and updates bank records daily.
• Manages fixed asset continuity schedules and records depreciation.
• Prepares data for weekly cash flow forecasts.
• Allocates payroll processed by Human Resources to appropriate departments and branches.
• Prepares supplementary schedules and analyzes data as needed.
• Provides support for accounts payable and receivable functions, serving as a backup to colleagues.
• Delivers periodic and ad hoc reports and analyses on operational performance, focusing on margins, variances, and providing feedback on outcomes.
• Contributes to budget preparation and development.
• Analyzes and explains financial variances from budgets, forecasts, and previous periods on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Collaborates with other departments and management to address issues and support business objectives.
• Manages insurance claims processes, including data collection, communication with the insurance agency and adjusters, and monitoring the status of claims.
• Aids in the creation of financial statements and reports.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no employee supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty according to the requirements of NOW Courier. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s Degree (B.S./B.A.) in accounting, finance, or related field; and five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous experience in an accounting or finance role is required. Prior experience with QuickBooks is desired.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Resourceful and creative.
• Analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to adhere to time and attendance policies.
• Must exhibit professionalism and be effective working with customers, contractors, vendors, and employees.
• Skillfully convey information on a wide range of topics to a diverse target audience.
• Influencing and consultative skills are critical.
• Proficient with commonly used office software, including but not limited to: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, as well as telephone and internet communications.
• Ability to be assessable to contractors and employees as determined by department standards.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Effective prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure, deadline driven environment.
• Strong initiative to strive for continuous accuracy, quality, and timeliness of information.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships through strong interpersonal skills with emphasis on relationship-building and consistent demonstration of solid professional judgement.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.
• A genuine commitment to quality on behalf of the company while building a corporate culture committed to excellence is mandatory.
• Must have and maintain a verifiable Driver’s License, demonstrated safe driving record, and remain insurable through the company’s liability insurance carrier as applicable.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently will stand; walk; and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds without an assistive device (greater weights may be required with the use of an assistive device). The employee occasionally will climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships), and the ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities

This job operates primarily in a professional office environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential. However, job duties may require one to operate in a warehouse environment with moderate safety/health hazard potential. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. This role is required to be on-site.

While the offices of NOW Courier are open from 8AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday, this job may require work beyond these hours and on the weekends.

Benefits

As an award-winning company, our employees are the most important force driving our continued success. We offer a challenging and supportive environment with opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute - that's why 93% of current employees would recommend NOW Courier to a friend for employment according to our annual Culture Audit.

We invite you to explore our company and bring your skills and expertise to our highly talented team of professionals who are passionate about their work. A satisfying and rewarding career with competitive compensation, comprehensive health care, 401k/profit sharing, paid time off, corporate philanthropy, employee & family events, and more is our commitment to you.

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