Staff Accountant
CFS
Newington, Connecticut, US
About the Role
Staff Accountant
Salary: $34-43/hour (exempt full-time role)
Great opportunity for someone with a couple of years of Staff Accounting/Junior Accounting experience or if You are Graduating this May 2026!
Our client, a well-known organization, is currently seeking a Staff Accountant to join their team. Reporting to a Controller who has a very approachable personality!
What we like about this Staff Accountant role:
- Culturally strong environment!
- Rated Best Places to work for several years in a row!
- Very clean and friendly environment.
- Large enough to provide interesting opportunities, small enough to create an environment with high visibility for senior management.
- Excellent Controller in place! High energy – creating a cohesive team.
- Free parking!
- Employee engagement activities : summer picnics, awards banquets to honor milestone anniversaries, free meals during the holidays and more!
Key responsibilities of the Staff Accountant
- The Staff Accountant performs duties relating to a timely and accurate month-end close (monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts, including bank reconciliation)
- Assist in preparation of financial and operating reports including trial balances, adjustments and closing entries.
- May assist in analysis and interpretation of accounting records for use by management.
- Back up to the accounts payable bookkeeper.
- Assist with analysis and budgets.
- Prepares State and Federal requested reports and assists in preparation of Form 990’s.
- Additional projects as assigned.
Preferred qualifications of the Staff Accountant:
- BS Accounting (current or graduating in May 2026)
- 3-5years staff accounting experience OR
- As a recent college grad entering the market, you must have relevant internships or volunteer experience
- Self-starter, eager to learn, good Excel skills.
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Responsibilities
- Perform month-end close and reconciliations
- Assist in preparation of financial reports
- Back up to accounts payable bookkeeper
Qualifications
- BS Accounting
- 3-5 years staff accounting experience or internships/volunteer experience
- Proficient in Excel
Required Skills
Month-end close
General ledger
Financial reporting
Accounts payable
Excel
Keywords
Staff Accountant
Accounting
Month-end close
Bank reconciliations
Budget analysis
Interested in this role?
Apply now and take the next step in your career.
