Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
This is a Part-Time position and we are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support the accounting team for our client through a long-term contract assignment. This position focuses on overseeing company credit card activity, validating supporting documentation, and helping maintain accurate financial records. The role also contributes to routine accounting tasks, reconciliations, and period-end activities while partnering with employees and leadership to resolve outstanding issues promptly.
Responsibilities:
- Review company card activity regularly to confirm charges are appropriate, properly supported, and aligned with internal spending guidelines.
- Match card statements with receipts, invoices, expense submissions, and ledger records to ensure complete and accurate reconciliation.
- Monitor missing backup documentation and incomplete expense details, then follow up with employees to obtain required information.
- Investigate unusual, duplicate, personal, or unauthorized transactions and raise concerns to management when needed.
- Maintain organized records of card activity, open items, and resolution status to support audit readiness and reporting accuracy.
- Assist with month-end close tasks related to credit card accounts, including journal entries and account reconciliation support.
- Track adherence to expense submission timelines and communicate outstanding items to cardholders and managers.
- Provide broader accounting assistance with general ledger activities, reconciliations, and special projects as assigned.
- Experience in staff accounting or a similar accounting support role with hands-on responsibility for reconciliations and financial documentation.
- Strong knowledge of credit card reconciliation, expense reporting, journal entries, and general ledger processes.
- Ability to support month-end close activities with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with corporate tax, sales tax, and corporate tax return processes is preferred.
- Skilled in identifying discrepancies, researching issues, and following through to resolution with multiple stakeholders.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for working with employees, management, and the accounting team.
- Proficiency in maintaining organized financial records and handling confidential information responsibly.