Staff Accountant Jobs in Crohns And Colitis Foundation Inc New York, NY

Reporting to the Manager, Accounting, the Staff Accountant, is mainly responsible for the timely and accurate production of month end analyses, bank reconciliations, and assistance with compliance.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Prepare account analyses for balance sheet and P&L
• Perform month end journal entries necessary to close ledgers
• Perform monthly account reconciliation in conjunction with monthly close
• Assistance with preparation of state compliance.
• Reconcile differences between A/P or A/R modules and GL when appropriate
• Reconcile Bank accounts accurately and in a timely manner with attention to unusual items that remain outstanding at the end of month
• Assist in the annual audit preparation
• Performs other duties requested by management
• Must be able to work independently, in groups and willingness to be assigned to help team members in order to achieve department goals

Strong analytical skills:

• Able to communicate clearly in both verbal and written form and relate effectively with others
• Advanced Excel skills (i.e., pivot tables, Xlookups, macros, etc.)
• 1-3 years relevant experience
• National or big 4 audit experience preferred
• Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Accounting
• Familiarity with data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Python, etc.)
• Experience in Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) accounting software a plus