Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

Prepare journal entries for various accruals, actual expenses, reserves, cash activity, and other transactions. Assist in the preparation of SEC 10Q/10-K schedules and supporting analysis. Reconcile balance sheet accounts. Review and analyze accounts balances and report on trends and exceptions. Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close. Support Oracle Purchasing and Payables month-end close process. Participates in system acceptance, validation, and verification testing. Complete adhoc reporting to support business analysis questions. Develop skills to extract and sort information posted to g/l using Oracle financial tools. Use spreadsheets and text to explain variances. Analyze specific area of the balance sheet, for example A/P, Accruals, Intangibles, Cash. Explain variances to prior periods. Responds to inquiries from the Manager/Director of Accounting and other finance and firm wide managers regarding financial results and special reporting requests. Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the activities enumerated above.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Solid problem-solving skills, which include well-supported proposed solutions to issues. Must be detail oriented with a strong ability to multitask. Organized, Flexible self-starter Consistently meets critical deadlines Strong spreadsheet experience required (experience with pivot tables, macros, for example). Good written and oral communication skills

Experience/Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required 2 to 5 years prior accounting experience, including public accounting and/or industry. Oracle knowledge preferred Understanding of US GAAP