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Form of work Job Description
The Corporate Accountant handles performing various duties to support the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process for the company's operations including, recording of daily banking transactions, preparing high volume of journal entries, account reconciliations, and general ledger support. The accountant manages the prompt, complete, and correct accounting and reporting of their assigned monthly financial close tasks according to the company policy. The role will also support the accounting and finance team in fulfilling all other responsibilities of the department.
Essential Functions
• P erforms weekly and monthly cash and payroll journal entries, month-end general ledger close, account analysis, account reconciliations, and general and specific project analysis.
• Responsible for a large volume of multi-currencies and multi-entities journal entries, including but not limited to, cash, prepaid, intercompany, and accruals.
• Records and reconciles daily banking transactions for various bank accounts across domestic and international entities in multiple currencies.
• Analyzes data for preparation of journal entries, keys in entries, and advises supervisor ready to review/post.
• Perform all journal entries, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and expense variance analysis for worldwide human capital-related activities: payroll expense, withholdings and reconciliations with ADP payments, pension service costs, OPEB contributions, garnishments, ADP processing charges.
• Ensure payroll general ledger account coding in ADP is correct, and all payroll and benefits expenses are entered into the accounting software promptly.
• Follow up on ADP account statement and G/L variances and other discrepancies about payroll expense.
• Ensure that all payment information (benefits, payroll, payroll tax 401K) is received by Accounting & AP to be approved and processed on a prompt basis.
• Maintains schedules for amortization of certain prepaid accounts, intangibles, and deferred financing fees.
• Accurately complete and promptly prepare period-end balance sheet account analysis and reconciliation of assigned accounts and respond to review notes.
• Prepares month-end analysis of certain GL Accounts.
• Review source documentation and verify proper coding.
• Aids the accounting and finance department by assembling and presenting any requested information necessary for the preparation of monthly financial statements and internal and external audit requests.
• Other duties as assigned.
