STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Job Description

Staff Accountant | RemoteHunter

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at a remote public media support organization, located remotely. The organization operates within the public media sector, focusing on improving fundraising efficiency and revenue generation for over 230 NPR and PBS public media organizations. It delivers outsourced marketing, data analytics, fundraising, and technology services, having facilitated over $1 billion in membership revenue. This Staff Accountant role provides a hands-on opportunity to develop comprehensive accounting skills within a collaborative finance team, ensuring accurate financial processing and supporting cross-departmental operations to facilitate the organization’s financial health and compliance.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote – United States

• Team: Collaborative finance team
• Mission: This role primarily manages accounts payable and employee expense reporting while participating in the full accounting cycle to ensure accurate financial processing and support financial health.
• Tech Stack: Sage Intacct

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage Accounts Payable: Accurately and timely process invoices received via the accounts payable inbox, create and maintain vendor records with necessary documentation, manage vendor payment methods and remittance contacts, and support annual 1099 vendor preparation and processing.
• Oversee Expense Reporting: Manage the full employee expense report processes, including verification and follow-up, while also supporting onboarding and offboarding procedures within expense and corporate credit card systems.
• Support Financial Reconciliations: Assist with corporate credit card reconciliations and provide comprehensive documentation and support for bank statement reconciliations, including the escalation of suspicious bank transactions to finance leadership.
• Facilitate Month-End and Audit: Support monthly profit and loss reviews and prepaid expense reconciliations, and provide necessary documentation and assistance for year-end audits and related requests.
• Enhance Accounting Procedures: Actively identify opportunities and assist in improving accounting procedures and internal controls, while also contributing to ad hoc finance projects and maintaining organized financial records.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level. Possesses core domain knowledge in accounting, with a particular focus on areas such as accounts payable, expense reporting, billing, and reconciliations, as outlined in the opportunity.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience or strong interest in managing accounts payable, handling expense reporting, supporting billing functions, and performing reconciliations, coupled with practical familiarity with accounting systems, preferably Sage Intacct.
• Skills: Exhibits strong organizational capabilities and meticulous attention to detail, possesses the ability to communicate effectively with both vendors and internal teams, and demonstrates the capacity to proficiently support month-end close activities and audit preparation.