Accountant jobs in Lakewood, WA

Summary: The Accountant works closely with the Accounting Manager and CFO in performing various accounting duties including but not limited to review of accounts payable, generating monthly financial and budget variance reports and analyzing variance trends and proposing solutions for negative variances, accounting support for other management positions and as available, contract review.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understanding GAAP, general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and generation of monthly financial reports to include supporting spreadsheets.
• Review of multiple monthly bank reconciliations, review of State B & O reports and generation of City B & O reports.
• Daily banking functions
• Coordinate year-end cash planning, taxable life calculations and year end accruals and reconciliations to ensure tax returns are completed in a timely manner by CPA firm
• Analyze and track contractual obligations with vendors
• Perform work on weekends and evenings as needed to meet applicable deadlines.
• Additional duties as assigned by the Accounting Manager and/or CFO.
• Back up Accounts Payable functions.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office and highly skilled in Excel. Position requires that the employee keep all company and related financial information confidential.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with 2-7 or more years of experience in equivalent accounting responsibilities.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions and contracts. Ability to generate correspondence and memos, and able to present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

Math Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.

Reasoning Ability:

Significant attention to detail with the ability to apply high degree of reasoning skills from written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in new situations.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• On-the-job training
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Travel reimbursement
• Vision insurance