Entry Level Accountant

Entry Level Accountant

Requirements

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at 4-year accredited university/college in one of the following degree programs: Data Analytics, or IT with a concentration Accounting with 18 semester hours of core accounting courses.
• Candidates must obtain their degree before they start.
• Minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA (both Accounting GPA & Cumulative GPA).
• Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes.
• Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting; ability to create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports.
• Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• Understanding effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Responsibilities

• Responding to inquiries and contacting other departments or vendors to resolve a variety of problems.
• Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use.
• Upon request, take part in special projects and ad hoc reporting requests.
• Estimate various forecast and budget scenarios as needed based on changing business conditions.
• Specifies, builds, maintains, and runs data extracts from various subsystems that contain account-level information depicting the structure of the balance sheet.
• Produces a daily balance sheet to assist the trading desk in the management of the current liquidity position of the company.
• Posting entries, verifying, and reconciling input to financial reporting systems.
• Processing payments and assisting in preparation of billings and other financial reports.
• Entering transactions and reconciling various reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques: ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to operate with a business mindset that complements one’s functional specialty and keeps it in a business context.
• Knowledge of tools, techniques, and processes for gathering and reporting data.