Junior Staff Accountant - The Woodlands
Overview
The Junior Staff Accountant will assist the Accounting Department, including company Controller with daily, monthly, and yearly accounting tasks, as well as special projects, as assigned. This position requires reporting, account reconciliation, audits, journal entries, closing, and corporate accounting practices.
Duties
- Prepare and post adjusting, recurring and accrual journal entries
- Reconcile daily bank statements and balance sheet accounts
- Reconcile monthly AR and AP statements
- Perform month-end closing responsibilities, including journal entry preparation and posting
- Reconcile and balance general ledger accounts, research and correct any discrepancies
- Analyze, generate and process intercompany activity and transactions
- Process and maintain corporate credit card accounts
- Process company expense reports
- Reconcile monthly AR and AP statements
- Resolve invoice discrepancies
- Provide support to accounts receivable and accounts payable departments when needed
- Support sales and operations team with various requests
- Audit Support, including internal and external audits
- Assist Controller in compiling data, preparing reports, and finalizing monthly and yearly close processes
- Perform account reconciliations including general ledger accounts, bank statements, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Support accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring timely processing of invoices and payments
- Conduct detailed journal entries, double entry bookkeeping, and accrual accounting activities to maintain accurate financial records
- Collaborate with senior team members on special projects
- Support the reconciliation of the general ledger and assist with account analysis to ensure data integrity
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals including debits & credits, double entry bookkeeping, and financial concepts
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting preferred or equivalent experience required
- Three years of accounting experience
- Experience with Chempax or NetSuite (preferred) or other ERP system
- Advanced computer skills in MS Office
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Able to meet deadlines with accuracy
- Team player
- Chemical experience preferred
- Ability to interpret financial reports and perform financial statement preparation effectively
- Excellent attention to detail with strong organizational skills for account reconciliation and bank reconciliation tasks
- Effective communication skills for collaborating within teams
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