• Staff Accountant - RJ Bank

    Raymond James Financial, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL)


    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, Skills, and Abilities

    Knowledge of

    • Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures.

    • Accrual based accounting practices.

    • Accounting software packages.

    • Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

    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.

    ***CPA not required***