Accounting Generalist chez Tangraminteriors
Tangraminteriors · Santa Fe Springs, États-Unis d'Amérique · Onsite
- Professional
- Bureau à Santa Fe Springs
The Accounting Generalist is an accounting professional with broad knowledge across various financial functions, rather than a deep specialization in a single area. The role handles diverse tasks such as accounts payable and receivable, preparing financial statements, performing audits, assisting with payroll, managing internal controls, and providing financial analysis for a company or its clients. This position serves as the “go-to” person for most financial matters, though they may collaborate with specialists for highly complex issues.
The Accounting Generalist is an accounting professional with broad knowledge across various financial functions, rather than a deep specialization in a single area. The role handles diverse tasks such as accounts payable and receivable, preparing financial statements, performing audits, assisting with payroll, managing internal controls, and providing financial analysis for a company or its clients. This position serves as the “go-to” person for most financial matters, though they may collaborate with specialists for highly complex issues.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. The individual will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her supervisor. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:
* Serve as a primary Accounting Department ombudsman, concierge and liaison for:
-Company (New Tangram, Studio Other and Tangram Technology) departments and support disciplines.
-Outside business partners.
-Vendors.
* Support the Controller and Executive Team members by participating, contributing, and leading various Accounting projects, reporting tasks and assigned research and miscellaneous company initiatives.
* Spend sufficient time with various Accounting employees to gain an understanding and working knowledge of their roles and responsibilities.
* Provide support for financial-related functions including, but not limited to:
-Processing invoices and payments
-Managing accounts payable and receivable
-Preparing journal entries and reconciling accounts
-Assisting with month-end closings and financial reporting
-Performing financial analysis and supporting business leaders
-Maintaining internal controls and assisting with audits
-Prepare financial statements as needed.
-Perform General Ledger review and reconciliation as needed.
-Cross train on all A/P and A/R processes and serve as back-up resource.
-Be a subject matter expert for Canadian customs issues.
-Review, assess and generate recommendations for process improvement and resource options.
-Gain an effective working knowledge of Certified Payroll rules and processes to serve as an effective internal backup to the Payroll Administrator.
-Gain an effective working knowledge of the tasks and demands of the project contract execution between Tangram/Tangram Technology/Studio Other and their customers/contractors.
* Perform efforts to trouble shoot and problem solve accounting-related issues and functions.
* Introduce and support strategic innovation to advance departmental and company-wide practices and initiatives.
Education and/or Experience:
· 4-year degree a plus but not a requirement.
· High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and a minimum of two years of A/R or accounting experience required.
· Must have strong computer skills and the ability to learn the Hedberg distribution and accounting system.
Licenses/Certificates:
· California Class C Driver’s License (if required to travel, perform essential job duties, run errands, etc.).
Physical Requirements:
· Communicates orally with management, co-workers and the public in face-to-face, one-on-one and group settings.
· Regularly uses a telephone for communication.
· Uses office equipment such as a PC, copier and Fax machine.
· Sits for extended periods.
