Bookkeeper

Robert Half has an excellent opportunity for a Full Charge Bookkeeper. If you excel at multitasking, communication, organization, and time management, this opportunity with the potential for growth could be for you. In this role, you will handle all general accounting and bookkeeping functions including the preparation of financial statements; and establishing and maintaining the accounting principles, practices, procedures, and initiatives of the business. This long-term contract / temporary to hire Full Charge Bookkeeper position is located in N Kansas City, Missouri.
Key responsibilities
- Ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close
- Tracking fixed assets to produce depreciation schedules
- Processing accounts payable and accounts receivable, including collections
- Preparing the trial balance and financial statements, including, but not limited to, balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows
- Performing reconciliations for bank and general ledgers, as well as payroll processing
- Retaining historical records through the accurate filing of documents
- Overseeing work of accounting clerks and entry-level bookkeepers
- Studying and implementing federal, state, and local legal requirements, filing reports, and communicating with management on needed actions- Foundational knowledge in financial reconciliation
- Proven knowledge of Multistate Payroll
- Daily Reconciliation experience required
- General familiarity with multi-state payroll
- Skills in Prepare Journal Entries
- Multi-state payroll experience highly desired
- Well-founded grasp of payroll
- Experience with Monthly Bank Reconciliation
- Good understanding of Post Journal Entries
- Practical knowledge of payroll for under 100 employees
- Strong familiarity with Expense Reconciliation
- Microsoft Excel experience preferred
- Prior experience with Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Wide ranging experience with Process Payroll
- Solid understanding of Credit Card Reconciliation
- Comprehension of bank reconciliations
- Solid understanding of Sales Tax
- Hands-on experience with account reconciliation
- Earlier work involving Reconcile Payroll
- Solid understanding of account reconciliation
- Expertise in Accounts Payable (AP)
- Accounts Receivable (AR) experience
- Previous experience working with Posting Journal Entries
- Quality experience with Payroll Taxes
- High school diploma or similar certification with an AA degree or higher in Accounting or Business recommended
- Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
- Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
- Be creative, adaptive, and eager to learn new technical skill sets
- Excel, Quickbooks, and Peachtree experience a plus
- Knowledgeable of accrual and cash basis of accounting
- Competence with financial data analysis and report generation that is prompt and accurate
- Prior payroll experience preferred
- 3 or more years of experience in the bookkeeping field
- Able to work independently with a minimal amount of oversight