Staff Accountant

Job Description

STAFF ACCOUNTANT | Manning Personnel Group, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a Staff Accountant role at a successful manufacturing firm, located in Framingham, MA. The company is seeking a motivated individual to join their growing team and contribute to essential financial operations. This hands-on position is critical for ensuring proper accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls, interacting with various levels of management to support the firm’s important mission. This role offers an opportunity to contribute directly to a business that values resourceful and technical thinkers.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Location: In-person Framingham, MA
• Pay: $70000–$80000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the AD
• Mission: This role ensures accurate financial accounting, manages accruals, and supports financial reporting to contribute to the firm’s operational success.
• Tech Stack: Accounting and reporting systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounting Coordination: Correspond with other departments to ensure proper accounting for purchases and month-end accruals.
• Reconciliation & Close: Prepare and analyze account reconciliations necessary for the monthly close process.
• Accrual Management: Manage the monthly accrual process, involving meetings with department managers and key personnel.
• Reporting & Entries: Prepare and post journal entries and compile financial reports for varying levels of management.
• Audit & Systems Support: Assist with documentation and monitoring of internal controls, support SOX, financial and tax audits, and participate in systems implementations and upgrades.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree with a major in Accounting.
• Experience: At least one year of accounting experience.
• Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills, strong analytical skills with superior attention to detail, excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to multitask.
• Bonus: Demonstrated proficiency with accounting and reporting systems.