35708 | Staff Accountant

Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in the search for a Staff Accountant with our closely trusted client located in North Aurora, IL. Our client is a well-established organization who specializes in the distribution of food and beverage products. They recently had an employee inform them that they will be leaving due to some personal matters, which has now caused a vacancy within their department. They are looking for a qualified and experienced Staff Accountant to join their team on an open ended contract basis. This Staff Accountant overtime could potentially be considered for the permanent position if they prove themselves. The Staff Accountant would be primarily responsible for handling journal entries, account reconciliations, and assisting with monitoring fixed assets. The Staff Accountant is an immediate need, and they are looking for an individual who can start ASAP.
Staff Accountant Responsibilities:

• Prepares, records, and enters journal entries involving cash, AR, inventory, prepaid accruals, and various intercompany transactions 
• Assists in the monthly financial closing process by reconciling various general ledger accounts and providing account analysis & support
• Reconciles bank accounts.
• Maintains fixed assets depreciation schedule
• Oversees monthly physical inventory counts, coordinating issues & results with warehouse staff
• Processes payroll journal entries provided by HR
• Prepares 1099’s on an annual basis.
• Files sales taxes to meet all requirements while avoiding overpayment
• Assists with the year-end audit by providing financial documentation to auditors
• Regularly interacts and responds to the needs and requests of internal customers such as General Managers, process owners (AR, AP, Payroll, IT, etc.), functional supervisors, and operations staff in a timely and professional manner

Staff Accountant Qualifications:

• 3+ years of full-cycle accounting and month-end exposure 
• Must be tech-savvy with strong attention to detail
• Excel: Must be comfortable in Excel, comfort working in existing v-lookups and pivot tables
• Degree in accounting or finance REQUIRED
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills

If you or anyone you know is interested and qualified, please apply!