Accountant

Thousand Oaks, CA 91358

Posted: 01/11/2025 Industry: Accounting & Finance Job Number: 341 Pay Rate: $80-110K Remote: On-Site Experience: Senior

Job Description

Objective:     

This position is responsible for most general accounting, project accounting, invoicing, cash collections, and financial reporting activities of the Company. Manages, computes, classifies, records and verifies numerical data for use in maintaining account records by performing the following appropriate duties.

 

Responsibilities:

In addition to those listed below, other duties may be assigned.

  • Prepares manual journal entries related to maintenance of the Company’s general ledger
  • Assures transactions are recorded in the general ledger in accordance with commonly accepted accounting principles and accounting procedures specified by the Company
  • Performs accounts receivable activities including generation of customer invoices and credit memos and posting of cash receipts
  • Performs project set-up and financial maintenance, including loading budget, client invoicing, review of project expenses, maintaining contracts and project files, monitoring project’s progress, etc.
  • Reviews bank financial records and maintains bank accounts by verifying daily cash receipts and updating receivable balances; prepares and makes bank deposits and fund transfers
  • Performs general accounts analysis and reconciliation including sub-ledger accounts, bank statements, accruals, prepaid expenses, and record adjustments and reclassification of journal entries
  • Generates and reconciles entries for inter-company transactions
  • Performs System Functions to international currency translation and record gains and losses from exchange rate fluctuations for related party transactions
  • Maintains fixed assets accounts and establishes associated depreciation schedule
  • Develops amortization schedules for prepaid and deferred items
  • Prepares month-end COGNOS reporting (Financial statements and supplemental schedules)
  • Transfers employee time entries to payroll section of AX database
  • Processes payroll and HAS contributions
  • Assists with analyzing financial statements and variance reporting
  • Participates as subject matter expert and data provider in connection with the Company’s annual financial audit
  • Assists in preparation of the annual audited financial statements
  • Participates as requested in sales tax calculation and payment processes
  • Ad hoc reporting, analysis, and special projects, as requested by Controller or the leadership team
  • Supports Project Managers with accounting functions including expenses, invoices, and billing issues
  • Provides backup and support to Accounts Payable
  • Assists with annual budget and quarterly forecasting
  • Assists Financial Controller

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Job Requirements

Qualifications:        

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from four-year college or university or related experience
  • Some Cost Accounting Experience would be a plus for this role, can be a class taken in college
  • 3 or more years of experience in Accounting, Finance or Business
  • Advance proficiency in Microsoft Excel and intermediate proficiency in all other MS Office products

 

Additional Information

Benefits

  • Medical 
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 401K

Meet Your Recruiter

Mike Podlasek
Senior Recruiter

Responsible for recruiting the CPS division that specializes in Accounting, Finance, Audit and Tax. CPS is a highly specialized, full cycle recruiting firm, placing top talent with the best companies. We've been in business since 1973 and over the years we've placed more than 40,000 of the best and brightest candidates with our clients.

If you are looking for a position in Accounting, Finance, Audit or Tax or if your company is looking for someone to provide you with good candidates for hire, please don't hesitate to contact me.

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