Staff Accountant

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Purpose

The purpose of this position is to perform the necessary accounting responsibilities to facilitate the processing, accounting, and management of NEP financial information, while also analyzing the financial information to prepare financial reports and maintaining proper internal controls.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Records, classifies, and summarizes financial transactions and events in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
• Maintains and reconciles general ledger accounts during the monthly closing process.
• Maintains records of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, or other financial activities within an organization.
• Collaborate with the Hyperion Financial Management Admin to maintain accurate metadata, hierarchies, and data mappings within Hyperion applications.
• Maintain documentation of Hyperion Financial Management processes and procedures, ensuring comprehensive guidelines for troubleshooting and regular tasks.
• Generates and interprets financial records and statements for management.
• Assists with external audit requests at interim and year-end, including tax audits.
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Documents and supports implementation of accounting processes and accounting control procedures.
• Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position for other managers.
• Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
• Makes recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
• Supports Finance department with month end closing, preparation of annual financial statements, as well as assisting with special projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
• At least one year of corporate accounting experience a plus, but not required.
• Public accounting experience and/or CPA a plus, but not required.
• General knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Proficiency in the use of personal computers including such programs as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Willingness to acquire expertise in Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), including a proactive approach to self-directed learning and training.
• Exceptional organizational skills, communication skills and attention to detail.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines, managing multiple tasks effectively involving both accounting and Hyperion-related responsibilities.Prior experience with SAGE and Oracle systems a plus.
• Willingness to work above 40 hours/week when department needs dictate.
• Ability to deliver superior service and build lasting relationships by demonstrating NEP’s Core Values: innovative, one team, passion and integrity.

Physical Demands/Work Environment Considerations

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the team member will continuously (100-75%) be required to communicate and exchange information with others, conduct repetitive motion of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers and exhibit fine motor skills with fingers rather than the whole hand. The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of work or to make general observations. Additionally, the team member will be required to lift less than or equal to at least 10 lbs. of force occasionally (49-25%). Sitting most of the time. Walking/standing occasionally (49-25%).

Note

The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individual with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
NEP Group, Inc.