Accountant
Robert Half · Garden City, NY · 5 days ago
On-siteAccountingTemporary
Responsibilities
- Process biweekly payroll for approximately 100 employees with accuracy and timeliness
- Reconcile bank accounts and investigate variances to ensure complete and accurate cash reporting
- Prepare and post journal entries to maintain up-to-date and reliable financial records
- Support general ledger activities, including account analysis and routine month-end tasks
- Use Excel to organize financial data, perform calculations, and generate reports for accounting needs
- Review payroll and accounting information for discrepancies and resolve issues in a timely manner
- Experience handling payroll processing in an accounting or finance role
- Knowledge of general ledger functions and journal entry preparation
- Ability to complete bank reconciliations accurately and efficiently
- Strong Excel skills, including working with formulas, spreadsheets, and financial data
- Solid attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate records
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a contract accounting environment
Requirements
- Experience handling payroll processing in an accounting or finance role
- Knowledge of general ledger functions and journal entry preparation
- Ability to complete bank reconciliations accurately and efficiently
- Strong Excel skills, including working with formulas, spreadsheets, and financial data
- Solid attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate records