Sr. Accountant
Robert Half · Duluth, GA · 1 mo ago
On-siteFinanceTemporary
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
First paragraph: "Robert Half is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Full Time Engagement Professional team. As a Full Time Engagement Professional you will be a full time employee of Robert Half earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses. As a Full Time Engagement Professional, you will be placed on medium to long term engagements that will allow you to excel while gaining knowledge of new software's, industries and opportunities. When you are in between assignments you will still receive a paycheck from us while working on and developing additional personal and professional skills. If you like going into a foreign set of circumstances and working on a project or fixing what's broken at a company, this is the job for you!!! Some of the projects that you would work on include:• System conversions• Reconciliations• Mergers/Acquisitions• Medical/Maternity Leaves• Annual Audits• Staff Reductions• Peak Workload Demands This is an ongoing opportunity for a Senior Accountant. As a Full Time Engagement Professional the more diverse your background the better! The ideal Senior Accountant will have experience preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, preparing financial statements, assisting with budget prep and analysis, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation. The Senior Accountant should have knowledge of many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. This position is very involved as it will require you to produce Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. This opportunity offers a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded."
Then "Role & Responsibilities" bullet list.
Then bullet list of qualifications/experience: "At least 2+ years of accounting experience, with strong exposure to senior-level accounting responsibilities preferred. • Hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger maintenance, journal entries, and account reconciliation. • Proficiency in bank reconciliations and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies efficiently. • Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to analyze financial information and work with large data sets. • Experience using enterprise-level accounting software and the ability to adapt quickly to new systems and processes. • Solid understanding of financial statement preparation, reporting deadlines, and balance sheet analysis. • Flexible, resourceful approach with the ability to succeed in different work environments and manage shifting priorities."
Then description of Robert Half: "Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles. Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more."
Then "All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information."
Then copyright and EEO etc.
We need to remove boilerplate: navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove the Robert Half description? Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The description about Robert Half being a talent solutions firm might be considered generic but not necessarily boilerplate; it's part of the posting describing the company. Might keep as "About the role" or "About Robert Half"? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can create sections: About the role (maybe summarizing the initial description), Responsibilities (the bullet list under Role & Responsibilities), Requirements (maybe the bullet list of experience?), Qualifications (maybe overlapping), Skills (maybe Excel, software). But we need to avoid thin sections. We should combine overlapping content.
Better approach: Identify substantive content:
- Overview: description of role, projects, benefits (salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime, bonuses, paycheck between assignments). This could go under "About the role" or maybe "Benefits". Benefits: they mention salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses, paycheck between assignments. Also later: Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals also eligible for 401(k). So we have benefits details.
- Pay: they mention salary, overtime, bonuses. Not specific numbers. So we could include Pay section if they mention salary, overtime, bonuses. It's real content (though not specific). The instruction: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". Here they say "earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses." That's not placeholder; it's stating they get salary etc. So we can include Pay section with that sentence.
- Schedule: they mention Full Time Engagement Professional, medium to long term engagements, between assignments still receive paycheck. Not specific schedule like hours. Might be considered vague. Probably not include Schedule unless they state something like "Full-time". They do say Full Time Engagement Professional. That's a schedule type. Could include Schedule: Full-time. But it's not detailed. Might be okay? The instruction says only include section when posting has real, specific content. "Full Time" is specific enough? Might be okay. But we could omit Schedule to avoid thin.
- Responsibilities: bullet list under Role & Responsibilities.
- Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: The bullet list after responsibilities includes experience, proficiency, etc. Could split into Requirements (years of experience) and Skills (Excel, software). But we can combine into a single "Requirements" section with all bullet points.
- Benefits: we have details: salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses, paycheck between assignments, medical, vision, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k). Also mention competitive compensation and benefits, free online training, Robert Half app. Some of that is generic but still substantive.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract unique substantive points.
Overview/About the role:
- Robert Half is looking for a Senior Accountant to join Full Time Engagement Professional team.
- As a Full Time Engagement Professional you will be a full time employee of Robert Half earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses.
- You will be placed on medium to long term engagements that allow you to excel while gaining knowledge of new software, industries and opportunities.
- Between assignments you will still receive a paycheck while working on developing additional personal and professional skills.
- Ideal for those who like going into a foreign set of circumstances and working on a project or fixing what's broken at a company.
- Projects include: System conversions, Reconciliations, Mergers/Acquisitions, Medical/Maternity Leaves, Annual Audits, Staff Reductions, Peak Workload Demands.
- Ongoing opportunity for a Senior Accountant.
- Diverse background beneficial.
- Ideal Senior Accountant will have experience preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, preparing financial statements, assisting with budget prep and analysis, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation.
- Should have knowledge of many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close.
- Position requires producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets.
- Opportunity offers challenging and multi-faceted work where effort is rewarded.
Responsibilities bullet list:
- Prepare complex journal entries and account reconciliation including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll
- Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for management reporting
- Assist in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation
- Assist in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls under SOX and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP
- Maintain capital lease and monthly payment schedules
- Maintain fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation
- In-depth experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliation
- Perform month end close, journal entries, with minimum supervision
- Recurring journal entries maintenance and reconciliation
- Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation
- Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner
- Participate in various department-wide initiatives
- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as requested
Qualifications/Experience bullet list (starting with "At least 2+ years..."):
- At least 2+ years of accounting experience, with strong exposure to senior-level accounting responsibilities preferred.
- Hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger maintenance, journal entries, and account reconciliation.
- Proficiency in bank reconciliations and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to analyze financial information and work with large data sets.
- Experience using enterprise-level accounting software and the ability to adapt quickly to new systems and processes.
- Solid understanding of financial statement preparation, reporting deadlines, and balance sheet analysis.
- Flexible, resourceful approach with the ability to succeed in different work environments and manage shifting priorities.
Benefits:
- Salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses.
- Paycheck between assignments while developing skills.
- Medical, vision, dental, life and disability insurance for contract/temporary professionals.
- Eligible to enroll in company 401(k) plan.
- Access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, free online training.
- Robert Half app: 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, etc.
Pay: Already covered in benefits? Could separate Pay: salary, overtime, bonuses. But we can include Pay section with that sentence.
Schedule: Full-time engagement professional. Could mention Full-time.
We need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide sections:
- About the role (overview)
- Responsibilities
- Requirements (combining qualifications and skills)
- Benefits
- Pay (maybe)
- Schedule (maybe not needed if we have Full-time in About the role)
We could omit Pay and Schedule if covered elsewhere. But the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. That's four sections. Pay could be merged into Benefits or About the role. Schedule maybe omitted.
Let's craft HTML:
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
First paragraph: "Robert Half is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Full Time Engagement Professional team. As a Full Time Engagement Professional you will be a full time employee of Robert Half earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses. As a Full Time Engagement Professional, you will be placed on medium to long term engagements that will allow you to excel while gaining knowledge of new software's, industries and opportunities. When you are in between assignments you will still receive a paycheck from us while working on and developing additional personal and professional skills. If you like going into a foreign set of circumstances and working on a project or fixing what's broken at a company, this is the job for you!!! Some of the projects that you would work on include:• System conversions• Reconciliations• Mergers/Acquisitions• Medical/Maternity Leaves• Annual Audits• Staff Reductions• Peak Workload Demands This is an ongoing opportunity for a Senior Accountant. As a Full Time Engagement Professional the more diverse your background the better! The ideal Senior Accountant will have experience preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, preparing financial statements, assisting with budget prep and analysis, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation. The Senior Accountant should have knowledge of many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. This position is very involved as it will require you to produce Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. This opportunity offers a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded."
Then "Role & Responsibilities" bullet list.
Then bullet list of qualifications/experience: "At least 2+ years of accounting experience, with strong exposure to senior-level accounting responsibilities preferred. • Hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger maintenance, journal entries, and account reconciliation. • Proficiency in bank reconciliations and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies efficiently. • Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to analyze financial information and work with large data sets. • Experience using enterprise-level accounting software and the ability to adapt quickly to new systems and processes. • Solid understanding of financial statement preparation, reporting deadlines, and balance sheet analysis. • Flexible, resourceful approach with the ability to succeed in different work environments and manage shifting priorities."
Then description of Robert Half: "Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles. Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more."
Then "All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information."
Then copyright and EEO etc.
We need to remove boilerplate: navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove the Robert Half description? Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The description about Robert Half being a talent solutions firm might be considered generic but not necessarily boilerplate; it's part of the posting describing the company. Might keep as "About the role" or "About Robert Half"? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can create sections: About the role (maybe summarizing the initial description), Responsibilities (the bullet list under Role & Responsibilities), Requirements (maybe the bullet list of experience?), Qualifications (maybe overlapping), Skills (maybe Excel, software). But we need to avoid thin sections. We should combine overlapping content.
Better approach: Identify substantive content:
- Overview: description of role, projects, benefits (salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime, bonuses, paycheck between assignments). This could go under "About the role" or maybe "Benefits". Benefits: they mention salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses, paycheck between assignments. Also later: Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals also eligible for 401(k). So we have benefits details.
- Pay: they mention salary, overtime, bonuses. Not specific numbers. So we could include Pay section if they mention salary, overtime, bonuses. It's real content (though not specific). The instruction: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". Here they say "earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses." That's not placeholder; it's stating they get salary etc. So we can include Pay section with that sentence.
- Schedule: they mention Full Time Engagement Professional, medium to long term engagements, between assignments still receive paycheck. Not specific schedule like hours. Might be considered vague. Probably not include Schedule unless they state something like "Full-time". They do say Full Time Engagement Professional. That's a schedule type. Could include Schedule: Full-time. But it's not detailed. Might be okay? The instruction says only include section when posting has real, specific content. "Full Time" is specific enough? Might be okay. But we could omit Schedule to avoid thin.
- Responsibilities: bullet list under Role & Responsibilities.
- Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: The bullet list after responsibilities includes experience, proficiency, etc. Could split into Requirements (years of experience) and Skills (Excel, software). But we can combine into a single "Requirements" section with all bullet points.
- Benefits: we have details: salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses, paycheck between assignments, medical, vision, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k). Also mention competitive compensation and benefits, free online training, Robert Half app. Some of that is generic but still substantive.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract unique substantive points.
Overview/About the role:
- Robert Half is looking for a Senior Accountant to join Full Time Engagement Professional team.
- As a Full Time Engagement Professional you will be a full time employee of Robert Half earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses.
- You will be placed on medium to long term engagements that allow you to excel while gaining knowledge of new software, industries and opportunities.
- Between assignments you will still receive a paycheck while working on developing additional personal and professional skills.
- Ideal for those who like going into a foreign set of circumstances and working on a project or fixing what's broken at a company.
- Projects include: System conversions, Reconciliations, Mergers/Acquisitions, Medical/Maternity Leaves, Annual Audits, Staff Reductions, Peak Workload Demands.
- Ongoing opportunity for a Senior Accountant.
- Diverse background beneficial.
- Ideal Senior Accountant will have experience preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, preparing financial statements, assisting with budget prep and analysis, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation.
- Should have knowledge of many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close.
- Position requires producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets.
- Opportunity offers challenging and multi-faceted work where effort is rewarded.
Responsibilities bullet list:
- Prepare complex journal entries and account reconciliation including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll
- Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for management reporting
- Assist in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation
- Assist in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls under SOX and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP
- Maintain capital lease and monthly payment schedules
- Maintain fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation
- In-depth experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliation
- Perform month end close, journal entries, with minimum supervision
- Recurring journal entries maintenance and reconciliation
- Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation
- Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner
- Participate in various department-wide initiatives
- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as requested
Qualifications/Experience bullet list (starting with "At least 2+ years..."):
- At least 2+ years of accounting experience, with strong exposure to senior-level accounting responsibilities preferred.
- Hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger maintenance, journal entries, and account reconciliation.
- Proficiency in bank reconciliations and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to analyze financial information and work with large data sets.
- Experience using enterprise-level accounting software and the ability to adapt quickly to new systems and processes.
- Solid understanding of financial statement preparation, reporting deadlines, and balance sheet analysis.
- Flexible, resourceful approach with the ability to succeed in different work environments and manage shifting priorities.
Benefits:
- Salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses.
- Paycheck between assignments while developing skills.
- Medical, vision, dental, life and disability insurance for contract/temporary professionals.
- Eligible to enroll in company 401(k) plan.
- Access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, free online training.
- Robert Half app: 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, etc.
Pay: Already covered in benefits? Could separate Pay: salary, overtime, bonuses. But we can include Pay section with that sentence.
Schedule: Full-time engagement professional. Could mention Full-time.
We need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide sections:
- About the role (overview)
- Responsibilities
- Requirements (combining qualifications and skills)
- Benefits
- Pay (maybe)
- Schedule (maybe not needed if we have Full-time in About the role)
We could omit Pay and Schedule if covered elsewhere. But the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. That's four sections. Pay could be merged into Benefits or About the role. Schedule maybe omitted.
Let's craft HTML:
About the role
Robert Half is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Full Time Engagement Professional team. As a Full Time Engagement Professional you will be a full time employee of Robert Half earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses. You will be placed on medium to long term engagements that will allow you to excel while gaining knowledge of new software, industries and opportunities. Between assignments you will still receive a paycheck while working on developing additional personal and professional skills. This role is ideal for those who enjoy working in new environments and fixing what's broken at a company. Projects include system conversions, reconciliations, mergers/acquisitions, medical/maternity leaves, annual audits, staff reductions, and peak workload demands. The ideal candidate will have experience preparing journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, preparing financial statements, assisting with budget preparation and analysis, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance and general ledger reconciliation, and should understand internal reporting during the monthly close. The position involves producing financial statements, cash flow projections, and budgets, offering a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded.
Responsibilities
- Prepare complex journal entries and account reconciliation including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll
- Prepare monthly balance sheet