Job Description
Oversee and assist with core accounting operations, financial reporting, and compliance activities. This role involves maintaining monthly financial records, aiding in budget and audit preparations, supporting cross-functional payroll and tax needs, and providing reliable internal and external customer support across various department functions.
Position Responsibilities
- Responsible for the preparation and integrity of the monthly financial statements, account analyses, and journal entries.
- Work closely with Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist to act as a backup in payroll.
- Prepare and gather information for annual 1099 reporting.
- Assist with month-end close process.
- Responsible for preparing sales tax & VAT reporting for applicable areas.
- Responsible for project accounting and fixed assets for ACORD.
- Support internal and external customer needs and maintain an expected level of "customer service."
- Assist with customer invoicing for ACORD.
- Assist with reviewing of expense accounts.
- Assist in preparation for audits by providing explanations for analysis for the quarterly & year-end reviews.
- Maintain and compile information for Budgeting and Forecasting purposes.
- Assist with special projects, as business needs arise.
Education & Essential Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.
- Excellent verbal and business writing skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Proficient with automated General Ledger systems.
- Excellent verbal and business writing skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- Adaptability and willingness to learn additional accounting responsibilities and systems.
Experience
- 3 to 5 years relevant accounting experience.
- Strong background in understanding Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Proficient with automated General Ledger systems.
- Produced accurate, complete, and well-supported accounting work on schedule.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Little Falls, NJ |
| Industry | Internet Services |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 1970 |
About Company
Mission ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development), founded in 1970, is a global, nonprofit organization serving the insurance and related industries. ACORD facilitates fast, accurate data exchange and more efficient workflows through the development of electronic standards, standardized forms, and tools to support their use. Implementing ACORD Standards has been shown to improve data quality and flow, increase efficiency, and realize billion-dollar savings to the global industry. ACORD members worldwide include hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies, agents and brokers, software providers, financial services organizations and industry associations. ACORD also presents events, videos, research papers and seminars on current technology and business topics. ACORD maintains offices in New York and London. Vision ACORD envisions an insurance industry that embraces a global and enterprise view of information,in which relevant business solutions all include or provide for ACORD Standards. ACORD wants all trading partners to be able to easily exchange information. ACORD's vision includes implementation of best practices for enterprise architecture, including systems made up of interchangeable components based on ACORD Standards that provide a 360-degree view of people, organizations, and risks. Products and services built upon these components will be highly configurable and will enable a wide range of consistent transactions and processes across the entire insurance value chain.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounting Closeunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Billingunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Business Writingunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Data Collectionunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Financial Complianceunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Fixed Asset Managementunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- General Ledger Accountingunmatched
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Payroll Taxunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Record Keepingunmatched
- Sales Taxunmatched
- Tax Reportingunmatched
- Tax Returnsunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Value-Added Tax (VAT)unmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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