The Staff Accountant or Accounting Analyst plays a critical role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting month-end close, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards within a fast-paced tech-enabled marketing agency. This position contributes to expense tracking, job/project accounting, financial reporting, tax compliance, and process improvement. The ideal candidate has strong technical accounting skills and understands the unique financial workflows of an agency; project-based billing, WIP, pass-through costs, time tracking, and client-based revenue cycles.
Key Responsibilities:
General Accounting & Month-End Close
- Support the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and variance analyses.
- Fixed assets management, including assets proposal, disposal and assets roll forward reporting
- Responsible for bank matching and reconciliation
- Maintain the general ledger and ensure consistent application of GAAP and internal accounting policies.
Accounts Payable
- Process vendor invoices, match POs, reconcile vendor payment, and ensure proper coding to jobs and cost centers.
- Support the Employee and Credit Card workflow and reimbursement review and approval process.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare financial schedules, supporting documentation, and management reports as needed
- Provide data and insights during audits and internal reviews.
Compliance & Process Improvement
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and industry standards.
- Support audit preparation and participate in external financials audits and tax audits as required.
- Maintain Sales and Use and other tax registrations and monitor correspondences on a regular basis