Rea amp; Associates is a growing Top 100 Accounting firm providing our clients services in tax, accounting, and business consulting. We have a ‘People First’ culture and we focus on our employees’ well-being and professional development. With over 400 professionals and fifteen offices in Ohio, our firm has a culture that respects a work-life balance for our team. We also provide competitive compensation and a robust benefits plan.
Rea amp; Associates is looking for an experienced, ambitious, and enthusiastic Accounting Specialist to join our Marietta, Ohio public accounting team. This position is responsible for full-charge bookkeeping, payroll processing, accounting and audit support, and administrative tasks.
This position is on-site working in our Marietta, OH office location.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements including cash flows for multiple clients and industries
- Preparing bank reconciliations and credit card reconciliations
- Understanding how payroll preparation and monthly transaction entry relates to year-end information
- Reviewing accounts for appropriate postings and calculate retained earnings
- Assisting clients with accounting, payroll and basic software issues
- Preparing quarterly and year-end payroll tax returns
- Assisting tax/accounting and audit departments with reports from client information
- Preparing annual information returns (1099 amp; 1096)
- Preparing monthly/quarterly sales and use and CAT tax returns, when applicable
- Preparing accrual to cash conversions, when applicable
- Identifying potential additional services to benefit current clients
- Adding and disposing of fixed assets, updating depreciation schedules
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts to supporting data
- Creating loan amortization schedules
Requirements
Required:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Basic accounting practices within a business environment preferred
- Knowledge of general accounting concepts including accrual accounting
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications with advanced skills in Word and Excel
Software:
- Technology skills (Word, Excel, and Outlook) - required
- QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online and/or Quickbooks Certified ProAdvisor - preferred
- Internal software abilities - Fixed Asset Solutions, Accounting CS, Caseware Working Papers and GoFileRoom
Other Preferred Knowledge, Skills amp; Abilities:
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of firm and client information
- Data entry skills and high attention to detail
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Client service oriented
- Able to perform several tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work well and learn from others
- Maintains cheerful attitude
- Willing to adapt to continuous process improvement and changes in technology
Preferred:
- Associate's degree in accounting or comparable accounting and bookkeeping experience
Benefits
Rea amp; Associates offers a wide variety of benefits to help support our employees' health, wellness and financial goals.
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental amp; Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary amp; ADamp;D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick amp; Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term amp; Long Term Disability
- Training amp; Development
- Wellness Resources
- Four (4) weeks PTO
- Twelve (12) paid holidays, of which three (3) are floating holidays
Rea amp; Associates, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including without limitation pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), age, ancestry, military status, national origin, genetic information, disability or other characteristics protected by applicable law. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including but not limited to hiring, transfers, promotions, training, terminations, working conditions, compensation, benefits, and other terms, conditions or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment.
Rea amp; Associates does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from Rea’s Talent team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. Rea amp; Associates will not be responsible for fees related to u