Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | ABC Supply Co. Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at ABC Supply Co. Inc. As North America’s largest wholesale distributor of exterior and interior building products, ABC Supply is an employee-first company, recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award every year since 2007, and named one of the best places to work by Glassdoor. This role matters as it seeks an energetic Staff Accountant to ensure accurate financial reporting, contribute to process improvements, and support the overall financial health of a company that deeply values its employees’ talents and potential.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified

• Team: Collaborative team environment, committed to mutual support in achieving goals.
• Mission: Ensure accurate and efficient financial reporting, reconciliation, and process improvement within the accounting function to support overall business operations.
• Tech Stack: Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Document Preparation & Reporting: Prepare, review, and accurately enter financial documents essential for the efficient and precise creation of the Profit & Loss statement. This responsibility also includes preparing and maintaining periodic financial reporting for internal and external purposes.
• Comprehensive Account Reconciliation & Balancing: Analyze and meticulously reconcile assigned accounts, encompassing intercompany transfer balancing, precise inventory matching between billing and receiving, and ensuring the accurate balancing of accounts across multiple systems. This extends to the specific balancing of Accounts Receivable (AR) and Notes.
• Month-End Close Execution & Discrepancy Resolution: Execute assigned journal entries and contribute to the month-end close process, including preliminary P&L reviews. Proactively investigate any identified discrepancies, respond to information requests, distribute financial statements, and maintain meticulous record retention.
• Process Improvement & System Integration: Actively review and improve current accounting processes and reports to significantly increase efficiency and accuracy. Additionally, provide support in building new reporting structures as the company integrates new systems.
• Audit Coordination & Special Initiatives: Provide all necessary schedules and information for both interim and year-end external audits, as well as bank audits. This role also involves contributing to various special projects, with past examples including customer rebate work and unclaimed property.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a closely related field.
• Experience: Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel for comprehensive financial tasks and data analysis.
• Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a proven detail-oriented and self-starter approach to work, coupled with strong problem-solving and effective time management abilities.