Accountant

TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT – Accountant

Long Island or New York City

Accounting/PAS Role 2-5 year's experience.

The Accountant serves as members of various client service teams and are responsible for a variety of administrative accounting functions.

Primary responsibilities include compiling and maintaining accounts payable records on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. Other essential functions include:

• Reviewing all vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
• Communicating with vendors to resolve any payment discrepancies
• Compiling accounts payable data into spreadsheets
• Maintaining accurate vendor master lists, with correct addresses and other necessary information
• Assisting with year-end duties including the processing of 1099 information for applicable vendors
• Expense coding of credit card activity
• Performing various vendor analysis and reconciliation and other ad-hoc projects as requested by client service teams
• Informing supervisors of any potential issues, priorities and required follow-up
• Performing daily, weekly, and monthly recordkeeping tasks
• Completing assignments on a timely basis and meet deadlines set by supervisors
• Monitoring various sources (e.g., client email, client inbox systems, and relevant portals) to retrieve, organize, process and file client information and forward to others as appropriate
• Updating information tracking systems to monitor receipt of expected invoices and other documents

MUST HAVE-Associate Degree in Accounting (or related subject area), or Accounting Certificate or minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience

• Previous experience in accounts payable, accounting and/or account reconciliations
• Solid foundation in accounting principles and practices preferred
• Ability to interact with and gain respect of all levels of internal and client personnel
• Proficient use of technology including MS Excel, MS Word, general ledger software (e.g., QuickBooks, Sage Intacct), bill payment software (e.g., bill.com), expense management software (e.g., Expensify)
• Ability to work overtime as necessary