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Accountant / Office Manager

Accountant / Office Manager

Location: Our corporate office in Schaumburg, Illinois

Years of Experience: 3+ years of accounting and QuickBooks experience in a corporate setting

Salary: $60,000 Per Year

Job Type: Full-time / Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm

Company details:

Rely Services is a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm founded in 1997. We partner with clients on a wide variety of outsourcing needs, such as project management, IT, account management, and more. Current and previous clients include Marriott, Carnegie Mellon University, the State of Illinois, and many more.

We are seeking an Accountant to join the Finance team to support our growing business and help as office manager when needed. Reporting to the Finance manager, the accountant will play a key role in managing our financial operations and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations. The willingness to be hands-on and do whatever is required to get the job done.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Maintain relationships with customers & vendors to drive cash flow management.
  • Manage internal relationships with operations staff, leadership, and other managers to ensure accurate and timely internal accounting & reporting.
  • Manage various overhead expenses to budget.
  • Report budget to actual variances monthly to budget owners.
  • Update monthly KPI dashboards and internal reports.
  • Receive and record customer payments and follow up with customers on past due balances.
  • Record credit card transactions.
  • Reconcile all bank accounts.
  • Calculate and record month end accruals and prepaid balances.
  • Complete month-end close timely, including reconciling and reviewing all accounts.
  • Assist in forecasts, budgets, and financial analysis.
  • Prepares special reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends.
  • Prepare journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining all relevant supporting schedules in audit-ready fashion.
  • Express professional scepticism to provide business insights and respond to inquiries.
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  • Identify and implement ways to shorten the month-end close process by finding efficiencies.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
  • Extensive experience in account reconciliations
  • Extensive experience in general ledger, journal entries, and month-end closing procedures.
  • Extensive experience in accounts payable and accounts receivable
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and time management skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with computer proficiency.
  • Ability to adapt to changing environments.
  • Experience in tax accounting a plus.
  • Certification in QuickBooks preferred.
  • A high degree of integrity in handling confidential information.
  • Strong customer service skills with the ability to think quickly and creatively to solve problems.