We are looking for a Staff Accountant to join the finance team at a client in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This role supports day-to-day accounting operations with a strong focus on receivables, payables, and month-end activities while helping maintain accurate financial records. The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment. This position also offers the opportunity to contribute to process improvements and strengthen internal accounting controls.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the full accounts receivable cycle, including preparing invoices, tracking sales activity, posting customer payments, and maintaining accurate account records.
- Manage collections efforts by reviewing aging reports, following up on overdue balances, and addressing billing concerns in coordination with internal and external contacts.
- Administer accounts payable activities such as creating purchase orders, matching invoices to supporting documents, coding expenses, and keeping vendor files up to date.
- Prepare weekly disbursement schedules and support timely payment processing while monitoring invoice cutoff timing for accurate period-end reporting.
- Reconcile customer and vendor accounts, investigate discrepancies, and partner with operations and finance colleagues to resolve outstanding issues.
- Assist with month-end close by preparing accruals, reconciling balance sheet accounts, reviewing account fluctuations, and assembling supporting schedules for financial reporting.
- Participate in inventory count activities and help validate related accounting records through periodic reconciliations and analysis.
- Support accounting process enhancements, including contributions to Sage Intacct implementation efforts, documentation standards, and control improvements.
- Maintain organized financial documentation, administer credit card reconciliations, and help identify risks related to errors, misuse of assets, or control weaknesses.