Sr. Corporate Accountant

Are you looking to join a stable, prestigious downtown Seattle firm that values its employees and provides challenging and rewarding opportunities?  With its corporate headquarters in downtown Seattle, this dynamic company is looking to add a dedicated and focused individual to its Accounting team.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

 Provide hands-on maintenance of accounting records for a small corporation.

 

· Fixed assets

· Billing and accounts receivable

· Accounts payable

· General ledger

· Journal entries

2. Handle ad hoc research questions and prepare scheduled reports.

· Research as requested

· Quarterly financial statements

· Investment accounting

· Budget variance reports

· Summary of taxable income

· Analysis of eliminations for consolidated financials

· Commercial personal property tax return

· Quarterly B&O tax

· Lease proposal analysis

  3. Assist in corporate financial management.

· Prepare shareholder listings

· Time-weighted ownership records (projected and actual)

· New S Corp shareholder paperwork

· Regular and tax distribution payments (extensive work with Excel)

· Annual departmental and corporate budgets

· Financial projections as needed

· Cash balance management

· Insurance  Provide support for corporate income tax preparation.· S corp shareholder basis records (extensive work with Excel)

· Tax workpapers

 

 

 

 

 Handle miscellaneous administration, backup support and projects.

 

· Governmental reports

· Projects as assigned

 

 

Qualification Required:

Technical:

 

· Bachelor degree in accounting experience

· 5 - 7 years of relevant experience

· Above average mathematical, analytical and problem solving ability

· Experience with word processing, spreadsheets and accounting software; willing to learn other software as needed

· Ability to learn new software with hands-on experience

· Ability to build models to analyze different scenarios

· Full charge bookkeeping experience

· Experience with QuickBooks, Word, Excel (advanced) and Outlook

 

Interpersonal/Management:

 

· Ability to work with and communicate with individuals at all organization and sophistication level

· Strong oral and written communications skills

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Ability to produce high volume of detailed work while maintaining a high level of accuracy

· Will “do whatever it takes” to accomplish tasks

· Ability to be flexible in a changing environment

· Ability to work well under pressure with frequent interruptions

· Overtime during peak workload periods

 

Qualifications Desired:

 

· Experience with S Corporations

· Experience with Access

· Experience in investment accounting

· Tax accounting experience