Staff Accountant
The Staff Accountant will work directly with the Accounting and Finance team to perform daily and monthly financial activities, in addition to specific and ad-hoc projects that arise. He/she should be adaptive and willing to assist the team as necessary and, in turn, learn how to apply their university and professional experience in a practical, fast-paced environment.
Job Description
- Prepare general ledger journal entries by maintaining records and files and gathering back-up support.
- Lead the Accounts Receivable Collections process for the organization.
- Assist with the Accounts Payable process.
- Work directly with the sales team to clear any past-due, open customer accounts.
- Identify and apply incoming cash receipts as necessary.
- Distribute daily high-level performance reporting to operations team.
- Prepare monthly invoices.
- Assist in preparing month-end close schedules, reconciliations, and analysis.
- Spearhead fixed asset management, including identifying and tagging all assets, both historically and moving forward.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting with 0-3 years experience, CPA preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with an emphasis in Excel.
- Strong attention to detail, the ability to multi-task, excellent communication and time-management skills.
- Ability to follow directions and learn quickly.
- Comfortable working in a deadline driven environment.
- Ability to be adaptive and work independently with excellent organizational and listening skills.
About Us
Shop Smart, one of Forbes’ 100 Most Promising Companies and a 101 Chicago Best and Brightest Organization, publishes deals and coupons from national retailers across a network of sites. The flagship, Brad’s Deals, is the largest editorial-driven deal site with over 5m monthly unique visitors.
Launched in 2002, the rapidly growing company has changed the way millions of consumers shop and is a leader in our space and in the Chicago technology community. We have relationships with over 2,500 top retailers (Amazon, Target, Dell, etc.), exposure to over 50M consumers a year and a consistent national media presence (USA Today, Today Show, WSJ, MSNBC).
The job is entrepreneurial, evolving and fun in a flexible and informal environment but requires top-tier work and dedication. The pay is competitive and full benefits (health, 401k, FSA, transportation allowance, etc.) will be provided.
The company is headquartered in Chicago’s River North neighborhood blocks from the highway and several train stations. The option of working from home, virtually, may be possible at times.