Position Overview – Temp | Remote Staff Accountant:
Join our client’s team as a Staff Accountant for a short-term, 4-month contract. This remote position offers an opportunity to work with a dedicated team of professionals.
As a Staff Accountant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate financial records, compliance, and the overall financial health of the organization. This role offers valuable experience in handling complex accounting tasks and collaborating with auditors, all while contributing to process improvement initiatives.
Compensation: $35.00 – $45.00 / hourly
Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts – Remote
Responsibilities as the Staff Accountant include:
- Preparing monthly journal entries and conducting complex balance sheet reconciliations
- Reviewing general ledger details and analyzing expenses run rates for necessary adjustments
- Applying accounting principles to solve moderate to complex problems
- Coordinating and overseeing assigned accounting tasks and processes
- Participating in the monthly general ledger close process, including journal entry preparation
- Analyzing financial data and extracting relevant information
- Providing information and documentation to auditors
- Ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley controls
- Assisting in process improvement initiatives
- Communicating effectively with other departments for timely and accurate transactions
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting (strongly preferred) or related discipline.
- CPA preferred
- 5+ years of related accounting experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Knowledge of financial accounting software applications, with SAP, BPC, and Blackline experience as a plus
Application Notice: Qualified candidates will be contacted within 2 business days of application. If an applicant does not meet the above criteria, Atlantic Group will keep your resume on file for future opportunities and may contact you for further discussion.