Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Soni

The Tone:
Soni is partnering with a growing organization seeking a Staff Accountant. This role provides essential support for daily accounting operations, the month-end close process, and critical financial reporting. It presents a strong opportunity for an up-and-coming accountant to gain broader corporate accounting exposure and grow within the company.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Pay: $65000–$75000 yearly
• Mission: Support core accounting operations and ensure financial accuracy to contribute to the growth of a partnering organization.
• Tech Stack: ERP systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Close Management: Facilitate the timely and accurate execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Financial Record Preparation: Generate precise journal entries, accruals, and their corresponding supporting schedules.
• Account Reconciliation: Conduct thorough bank and balance sheet reconciliations to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Financial Review & Analysis: Analyze P&L and balance sheet activity, contributing to variance analysis and comprehensive financial reporting.
• Compliance & Project Support: Assist with managing fixed assets, prepaid schedules, tax-related filings, audit requests, internal controls, and various ad hoc accounting projects.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with a foundational understanding of core accounting principles.
• Experience: At least 1 year of preferred accounting experience, demonstrating knowledge of journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, P&L, and balance sheet activity.
• Skills: Possess strong Excel proficiency, meticulous attention to detail, robust organizational abilities, the capacity to manage deadlines effectively, and strong communication with consistent follow-through.
• Bonus: Prior public accounting experience, progress towards a CPA, familiarity with ERP systems, specific exposure to month-end close, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, or tax, and experience in expanding or multi-location businesses.