Cpa Firm Staff Accountant

Natasha A. Smith, CPA, LLC is seeking a full-time Staff Accountant to join our growing firm. Responsibilities: • Performs complete general ledger reconciliation including the entire balance sheet and applies accounting knowledge by properly recording transactions in a general ledger; creates accounting records such as bill payments, client invoices, payroll, and others; identifies and records adjustments; produces accurate financial statements • Comprehends common financial statements and prepares draft financial statements for review; understands how line items/accounts function (e.g. capital accounts, various forms of liabilities, etc.); properly distinguishes debits from credits; identifies positive and constructive trends and understands GAAP and can apply it to basic financial statements • Conducts basic financial statement analysis and understands the finance and accounting functions generally performed by a business (e.g. sales, purchasing, A/R, etc.) and common best practices/processes for how they operate • Prepares financial budgets and forecasts and communicates actual to-budget variances • Plans basic engagements to include on-boarding and client delivery phases • Interacts with clients to gain information, documents, and data necessary to complete assigned tasks. Identifies and organizes clients’ financial information; prepares common financial reports and other schedules as requested • Provide recommendations to improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actionsSupervise, track and evaluate day-to-day accounting department activities • Participates in advanced special projects, as required • Other duties as required Qualifications: • Minimum of three (3) years of prior high-volume bookkeeping/accounting experience, public accounting experience highly preferred • A college degree in accounting preferred • Candidate must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and various accounting software (QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, Xero, etc.) • Competency and technical skill sets include (but are not limited to) strong knowledge of accounting principles and standard accounting processes for recording a company’s business transactions into a general ledger, account reconciliations, prepare and post journal entries and ability to adapt work as required by level of engagement • Demonstrated written and oral communication skills Compensation: $45,000 - $48,000 yearly

• Performs complete general ledger reconciliation including the entire balance sheet and applies accounting knowledge by properly recording transactions in a general ledger; creates accounting records such as bill payments, client invoices, payroll, and others; identifies and records adjustments; produces accurate financial statements • Comprehends common financial statements and prepares draft financial statements for review; understands how line items/accounts function (e.g. capital accounts, various forms of liabilities, etc.); properly distinguishes debits from credits; identifies positive and constructive trends and understands GAAP and can apply it to basic financial statements • Conducts basic financial statement analysis and understands the finance and accounting functions generally performed by a business (e.g. sales, purchasing, A/R, etc.) and common best practices/processes for how they operate • Prepares financial budgets and forecasts and communicates actual to-budget variances • Plans basic engagements to include on-boarding and client delivery phases • Interacts with clients to gain information, documents, and data necessary to complete assigned tasks. Identifies and organizes clients’ financial information; prepares common financial reports and other schedules as requested • Provide recommendations to improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actionsSupervise, track and evaluate day-to-day accounting department activities • Participates in advanced special projects, as required • Other duties as required

Compensation: $45,000-$48,000 per year