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Employment Type: Full Time Monthly Salary: Unspecified Job Role: Accountant Minimum Work Experience: 2-5 Years Minimum Education Level: Masters Degree Listed By: Employer Company Size: 11-50 Employees Career Level: Senior Description: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. • Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements. • Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice. • Report to management regarding the finances of establishment. • Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts. • Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs. • Develop, implement, modify, and document record keeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology. • Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities. • Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, and maintain solutions to business and financial problems. • Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts. • Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses and individuals. • Advise clients in areas such as compensation, employee health care benefits, the design of accounting and data processing systems, and long-range tax and estate plans. • Investigate bankruptcies and other complex financial transactions and prepare reports summarizing the findings. • Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues. • Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the property's description, value, and location. • Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information. • Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options. • Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports. • Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures. • Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information. • Secures financial information by completing data base backups. • Maintains financial security by following internal controls. • Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements. • Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations. • Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends. • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS • 4 year Accounting or Business related degree required • Must be highly detail oriented and organized • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer service focus • Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives • Proficiency with email and Microsoft Office application; especially Excel • Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance creativity, problem solving and results