Job Description

Robert Half is looking to find a talented, efficient Staff Accountant to join an esteemed organization. In the role of Staff Accountant, you will be responsible for preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. During the monthly close, you\'ll have responsibility over many aspects of internal reporting. Your duties will also include participating in compliance, reviewing schedules for the reporting processes, and staying connected with our external auditors throughout quarterly reviews and annual audits. A highly involved position, it works to produce Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. The Indianapolis, Indiana based company offering this multi-faceted, challenging 90-day contract / temporary opportunity provides a thriving environment where innovation is encouraged and effort is rewarded.

This contract will be supporting a healthcare organization on the southwest side of Indianapolis. This position is on-site 5 days per week.

Major responsibilities

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as needed

- Take part in various department-wide initiatives

- Assist in monthly financial close workbook preparation, including annual closing process

- Ready complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll

- Execute month end close, journal entries, with little supervision

- Offer succinct analysis on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a clear and concise manner

- Carry out fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Support implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Create monthly statement analysis to be used for management reportings

- Maintain monthly payment schedules

Requirements

- Ability and willingness to meet business critical deadlines

- Critical thinking skills and the ability to retain complex work directions

- Seizes opportunities to produce results without direct supervision

- Proficient in ERP systems

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- 2+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

- Comfortable working in a changing and dynamic environment

- Detailed and have the ability work independently

- Spreadsheet and database capabilities

- General familiarity with billing

- Well-founded grasp of Pivot Table

- Foundational knowledge in Post Journal Entries

- Journal entries experience desired

- Strong familiarity with bank reconciliations

- Experience with Microsoft Excel

- Proven knowledge of VLOOKUP

- Expertise in account reconciliation

- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

- Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

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