Staff Accountant

Education/Training/Experience: 

• High school diploma required, Associate's degree with emphasis in Accounting preferred.
• 3 years’ experience in general accounting.
• Intermediate computer skills working with integrated accounts payable and general ledger packages required, such as MIP. 
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to develop strong partnerships with internal stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail, organization and planning skills.
• Independent judgment, discretion and integrity.
• Nonprofit experience a plus.  

Physical Demand Analysis:  

• Physical Requirements:  Lifting up to 10 lbs.  80% of day sitting required.
• Visual Requirements:  Extensive computer use and review of documentation.
• Hearing Requirements:  Phone use
• Working Conditions:  Position operates in an environment that is generally free of noise, dust, temperature extremes or other hazards.

Job Responsibilities:

Month-End Close

• Prepare and enter journal entries to assist in preparation and distribution of timely and accurate monthly financial statements.
• Complete standard journal entries each month prior to financial statement preparation.
• Monitor month-end closing checklist for completeness.
• Maintain reconciliations of assigned accounts.

Company Credit Card administration

• Administer company credit card accounts including online credit card vendor.  Orient new users, perform month end closing, review coding and make necessary adjustments.

Cash Receipts Entry

• Retrieve, review, and process cash batches to GL, capturing all revenue and receipts. 
• Reconcile daily credit card, ACH and other deposits against bank’s posting.
• Complete daily sales integration as applicable (ACME, Salesforce, Counterpoint).

Year End Audit

• Assist with preparation of PBC list and additional requests from auditors.
• Timely response to any additional requests from auditors. 

Additional

• Maintain the highest level of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information.
• With training, provide payroll processing back-up support for the Payroll Coordinator.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Organization-Wide Competencies:

• Effective Resource Use: Develops strategies and makes decisions that use time and resources wisely, manages resources effectively.
• Customer Focus: Demonstrates desire to help or serve others; identifies, anticipates and addresses internal and external needs; does what is necessary to ensure satisfaction.
• Problem-solving: Identifies problems and/or challenges. Considers pros and cons of all possible solutions. Involves others in developing creative solutions to problems.  Makes innovative use of computers and other information technology to contribute to problem solving.  Produces practical solutions after carefully considering risks and alternatives. Willingly incorporates new and different information as it becomes available.  
• Relationship building: Effectively builds and maintains harmonious, professional, respectful and productive relationships within The Barnes Foundation, professional field and community.  Effectively works in a team setting. Communicates honestly and directly; shows diplomacy and tact. Uses appropriate channels of communication.
• Professional Presentation:  Complies with organization policy and procedure. Demonstrates self-awareness and understanding of others; listens well; perceives emotions, concerns and interests accurately, and uses these skills to advance The Barnes Foundation mission; creates a healthy work environment; shows composure’ respects people of different cultures, ages and genders.
• Active Learning: Demonstrates curiosity and initiative to seek information; seeks to understand The Barnes Foundation business and outside factors that impact it; learns from best practices and generates fresh approaches; learns from experience and others; acquires skills; seeks feedback and advice resulting in improvement.
• Initiative: Takes calculated risks and does things that are new, different, or out of the box when necessary to reach goals, speaks up, asserts oneself, makes tough decisions in a timely manner; takes responsibility for outcomes.
• Ethics: Demonstrates ethical business practices; demonstrates and conducts oneself in a manner consistent with the organization’s mission statement and core values.
• Promotes the continuous growth of the Barnes Foundation.
• Interacts and communicates with fellow employees in a manner that promotes a harmonious and cooperative working environment in accordance with our Core Values.