Accountant - Temporary
Nashville, TN
Contract: 3-5 months
Pay rate: $30.00 – $35.00
Job Summary:
The accountant is responsible for preparing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, reconciling general ledger and sub-ledgers, providing ad-hoc analyses, and researching and interpreting data to answer accounting and finance questions.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Reconciles various balance sheet and income statement accounts to the general ledger and sub-ledgers.
- Prepares bank reconciliations.
- Prepares and enters journal entries into the general ledger.
- Prepares roll forwards for long-term debt.
- Enters bank transactions into a general ledger from daily cash files from Treasury.
- Enters daily parking cash and revenue into the general ledger.
- Monitors prepaid expense balance and prepares monthly entry to amortize.
- Assists with the year-end audit, including balance sheet reconciliation and footnote preparation.
- Maintains regular and on-time attendance.
- Follows all safety regulations.
- Supports The Client's commitment to its culture and values, including Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence (RISE).
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics:
- Analytical Thinking: Skill in analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Communication: Skill in communicating effectively at all levels of the organization and with stakeholders, both orally and in writing.
- Accounting: Skill in applying generally accepted accounting principles and accounting operations to organizational financial needs.
- Relationship Building: Skill in establishing and maintaining effective and professional working relationships with others.
- Accounting Applications: Skill in using Windows-based accounting applications.
- Computer Use: Skill in using a personal computer, the internet, and other software to perform job-related functions.
- Managing Workload: Skill in organizing and prioritizing work, handling multiple responsibilities, and meeting deadlines.
- Microsoft Windows: Skill in using the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- Time Management: Skill in managing one's own time and the time of others to meet deadlines.
- Teamwork: Skill in working with others as a team while taking responsibility for outcomes.
- Microsoft Office: Skill in using Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Reporting: Skill in preparing and producing timely and accurate oral and written reports.
- Written Comprehension: Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Attention to Detail: Is careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Ethical Behavior: Consistently displays ethical behavior.
- Professionalism: Demonstrates professional behavior and appearance in all situations.
- Flexibility: Adapts to a changing work environment, including organizational needs and pace of work.
- Independence: Develops one's own ways of doing things, guides oneself with little or no supervision, makes independent decisions, and depends on oneself to get things done.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) badge.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field
Preferred:
- 1 to 2 years of related experience