Junior Accountant Job Description
Junior Accountant Duties & Responsibilities
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Junior Accountant Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Junior Accountant
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Education for Junior Accountant
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Employers hiring for the junior accountant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Accounting, Finance, Education, Business, Economics, Business/Administration, Associates, Finance/Accounting, Accountancy, Graduate
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Junior Accountant Examples
Junior Accountant Job Description
- Candidate will assist on month & year end closing
- Handling cash receipt
- Closing year financials
- Account receivable collections
- Assist with preparations for audits
- Assist in the development of the company's annual budget
- Prepare and/or assist with quarterly sales tax, commercial rent tax, VAT and GST returns
- Safeguard and secure all financial records of the company
- Recording cash transactions related to Accounts Receivable, including the processing of credit card transactions
- Accessing confidential company and client financial information such as bank accounts and credit cards
- Multitakder with ability to work on multiple projects for multiple people
- 1+ year of experience in Alternative Fund Accounting or Public Accounting within the Financial Services industry
- Part-qualified accountant or intentions to pursue a professional qualification - ACCA , ACA
- One plus year of accounting experience
- Sales tax returns a plus, but not required
- They want someone who can be very hands on, multi-task, can pick up quick, detail oriented, consistent, follow directives, who can communicate very well
Junior Accountant Job Description
- Research on reconciling items
- Prepare monthly journal entries and various account analyses
- Assist in the preparation of monthly financial statements, annual audits and budget preparation
- Oversee the school accounting and preparation of prescribed DOE reports, tuition receivable analysis and management
- Manage bank reconciliations
- Prepare labor reporting
- Submit monthly utilization / utilization reports
- Assist in the preparation of various external and internal reporting needs
- Review general ledger for new additions
- Update fixed assets for any additions
- Part Qualified Accountant or finance degree
- Practical and/or theoretical knowledge of SPEs and derivatives
- Ability to engage with people on a professional level and drive a relationship
- Experience working with AP/ GL data
- Ability to research issues and follow through with appropriate resolution
- Lawson and AS/400 experience a plus
Junior Accountant Job Description
- Conducting a monthly reconciliation of bank accounts
- Maintaining a system of controls over accounting transactions
- Maintaining the petty cash fund
- Maintaining the chart of accounts
- Providing financial analyses as needed, and contract negotiations
- Helping to assemble information for external auditors for the annual audit
- Complying with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
- Generating 1099's
- Providing clerical and administrative support to management as requested
- Candidate must have experience with month & year end process
- Cash reconciliation or cash processing experience, preferred
- Must be detailed orientated and have good organizational skills
- Comfortable with various computer programs
- Previous experience with General Ledger and Accounts Payable / Receivable
- Associate, Bachelor's or higher degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Maintain and reconcile schedules to track intercompany activity, loans, equity, distributions, management fees, G&A, accruals
Junior Accountant Job Description
- Process bill payments for signature and mailing
- Prepare and submit bank deposits
- Assist with varied Quickbooks data entry
- Order office lunches
- Maintain building key card system
- Draft and issue tenant notifications as required
- Maintain Tenant/Vendors Certificates of Insurance
- Assist with gathering proposals/bids for building maintenance work
- Reconciles general and subsidiary bank accounts by gathering and balancing information
- Maintains general ledger accounts by reconciling accounts receivable detail and control accounts
- Degree in Accounting with minimum 3 years' experience in full sets of accounts
- Keen in dynamic, growing start up culture
- 1+ year of financial statements
- Working knowledge of Great Plains / Concur
- Some experience with Workday
- Serve as the liaison for all investors/master servicers
Junior Accountant Job Description
- Preparing General Ledger tickets for daily transactions
- Completion of other tasks as assigned
- Preparation and posting of G/L entries
- Reconciliation of G/L balances
- Analyzing trade activity and market valuations while liaising with the traders and operations
- Constant interaction with the traders to reconcile P/L on a daily basis
- Resolving trade issues with the Operations team
- Coordinates and collaborates with internal and external customers to secure required financial data for month-end closings, to produce/interpret required data
- Other ad hoc items, as necessary
- Prepare monthly stock on hand for all entities
- Basic knowledge and understanding of GAAP
- Previous experience with General Ledger, Month-end Close, and Accounts Receivable / Payable
- Professional Accounting certifications
- Bachelor’s degree required in Accounting, Finance or related course of study
- CPA License or candidate preferred but not required
- Liaise with all outside vendors