**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** + Uses general ledger accounting software to prepare journal entries for monthly financial statements, and schedules for management reports. + Researches and makes recommendations to resolve unusual or irregular transactions. + Reconciles general ledger accounts, prepares analyses and completes other monthly general ledger closing procedures. + Responds to internal/external auditor issues and problems. + Responsible for balances in clearing and suspense accounts, works with other internal departments to resolve outstanding items. + Researches issues regarding application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to allocating costs and preparing financial statements. + Recommends process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information. + Assists in training others. + Resolves complex accounting problems. + Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. **Knowledge of** + Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures. + Accrual based accounting practices. + Accounting software packages. **Skill in** + Reviewing, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements. + Strong attention to detail + Resolving unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies. + Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables. + Allocating costs between entities. + Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and complex databases. **Ability to** + Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances. + Make independent decisions and solve complex accounting problems. + Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels. + Explain or clarify financial information to all levels of management. + Provide training to others. + Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment. + Provide a high level of customer service.