Accountant in Covina, California

Description

The primary function of this role is to manage and analyze accounting data, prepare financial reports, and ensure adherence to accounting policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and analyze accounting data to provide relevant financial information to the management team.

• Prepare and compile asset, liability, and capital account entries.

• Document all financial transactions accurately.

• Evaluate financial options to provide recommendations for financial actions.

• Collect information to summarize the current financial status and prepare balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.

• Verify financial transactions by auditing documents.

• Develop and recommend accounting policies and procedures to maintain accounting controls.

• Coordinate activities and provide guidance to accounting clerical staff.

• Resolve financial discrepancies through comprehensive account information analysis.

• Ensure the security of financial information by completing database backups and enforcing internal controls.

• Verify documentation and prepare payments by requesting disbursements.

• Answer accounting procedure inquiries by interpreting accounting policies and regulations.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on necessary actions.

Requirements • Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Accountant

• Proficient in handling Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR)

• Ability to perform Bank Reconciliations effectively

• Experience with General Ledger maintenance

• Skilled in creating and maintaining Journal Entries

• Expertise in conducting Month End Close procedures

• Proficiency in using QuickBooks for accounting tasks

• Experience in SAP accounting software

• Ability to use Pivot Table for data management

• Proficiency in using VLOOKUP function in Excel

• Strong ability to Analyze Financial Statements

• Experience in dealing with Audited Financial Statements

• Ability to manage Month-end Financial tasks

• Skilled in preparing Month-end Journal Entries

• Capable of generating Month-end Reports

• Experience in Monthly Account Reconciliation

• Ability to manage Monthly Accruals.

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