Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Staff Accountant
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
REPORTS TO: Accounting Manager
Summary
Applies principles of accounting to compute, classify, and record numerical data to complete
financial records. Performs any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties
to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. Reviews the accuracy
of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other
workers
Duties and Responsibilities
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Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record,
store, and analyze information.
Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical
accuracy, and proper codes.
Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile
and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and
databases, using specialized accounting software.
Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform
calculations and produce documents.
Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and
regulations.
Compile statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and tables
pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts
payable and receivable, and profits and losses.
Code documents according to company procedures.
Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to
accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business
transactions.
Distributes expenditures, encumbrances, receipts, and receivables
according to schedules.
Performs statistical analyses to determine trends, estimates, and
significant changes.
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Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital,
and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other
reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company
financial position for other managers.
Audit schedules, prepare reports to substantiate individual transactions.
Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves
transactions within designated limits.
Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and
company procedures.
Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in
financial entries, documents, and reports.
Modifies, documents, and coordinates implementation of accounting
systems and accounting control procedures.
Devises and implements system for general accounting.
Makes recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets,
and expenditures.
Conducts studies and submits recommendations for improving the
organization's accounting operation.
Collects appropriate data and prepares federal, state, and local reports
and tax returns.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Job Qualifications
 Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university, or one to two years of
related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and
experience.
 Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and
correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees
of the organization Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest,
commissions, proportion, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply
concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
 Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions,
proportion, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of
basic algebra and geometry.
 Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in
written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete
variables in standardized situations.
 Computer Skills: Accounting Software, Inventory Software, Payroll Systems, Spreadsheet
Software, Internet Software, Word Processing Software