Temporary Staff Accountant

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Oxfam America

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Description

• The Temporary Staff Accountant maintains and controls designated General Ledger accounts and business transactions, applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). • Produces required journal entries, project uploads, and account reconciliations in accordance with OUS policies, procedures, and schedules. • Complete the reconciliation of various bank accounts in a timely manner throughout the month and at month end. • Produce monthly entries through journals and project uploads as applicable. • Produce account reconciliations for assigned asset, liability, revenue and expense accounts for both OUS and OAAF. • Reconcile, balance, and maintain all appropriate accounting records, including auditable backup for all entries. • Ensure completeness and accuracy of transactions and account balances for assigned accounts. • Ensure that assigned responsibilities in the monthly closing process are met in a timely manner. • Analyze and interpret financial data. • Present relevant data in a concise and usable format. • Prepare preliminary financial reports, statements, and projections using standard and fund accounting principles. • Maintain confidence and protect operations by keeping operational and financial information confidential.

Requirements

• Bachelor’ degree in accounting or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training. • Minimum 3 years of work experience as an accountant. • Familiarity and proficiency with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems or Modular Accounting Systems. • Proficiency with MS Office suite. • Excellent Excel skills, including, but not limited to, Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, and XLOOKUP. • Ability to structure and present Excel reports to present information clearly, including tables, charts, and formatting. • Excellent attention to detail; ability to work accurately and leave complete and accurate audit trails. • Ability to work independently while considering team relationships and coordination of duties within team structure. • Pro-active in recognizing a problem or potential problem; ability to collaborate with team to problem solve to minimize impact of or eliminate problem. • Ability to identify system, process, and policy issues and make recommendations for and implement solutions. • Ability to communicate information and ideas both orally and in writing. • Excellent interpersonal skills and capacity for team building.

Benefits

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. • Oxfam America is a Gender Just organization and an equal opportunity employer. • We have a zero tolerance policy for any sexual harassment, exploitation, and/or abuse. • We welcome all persons to apply and do not discriminate. • We take measures to prevent discrimination against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. • We are an E-Verify employer.