Staff Accountant
C Spire
This is a Contract position in Ridgeland, MS posted December 28, 2021.
Overview:
We are very proud to announce that C Spire was named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers in 2021!
We are very proud to announce that C Spire was named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers in 2021!
(Click HERE to view our blog post on the announcement)
Note: Applicants for this job may be based out of Ridgeland, MS, Nashville, TN, or Birmingham, AL areas.
The C Spire Staff Accountant applies the principles of accounting to record financial transactions, reconcile account balances, and analyze financial transactions. Creates and interprets financial statements and reports. Communicates key operational and financial results.
Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS MAY INCLUDE:
- Exercising accounting control over a group of general ledger accounts
- Recording, analyzing and interpreting financial transactions and communicating results to management
- Reconciling general ledger account balances
- Creating financial statements or other reports in conformity with GAAP or other regulatory standards
- Preparing state and local tax compliance
- Researching technical accounting issues and assisting in new standard implementations
- Assisting in coordination of external audit
- Serving as a subject matter expert on projects which require specialized accounting knowledge, research, and application of assigned areas
- Making recommendations to management for problem resolution
- Using various software applications such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports
- Performing additional duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in accounting or closely related equivalent required. (December 2021 graduates welcome to apply).
- One to three years of related accounting work experience preferred.
- CPA, CPA eligible, MBA, or MPA preferred.
- Excellent organizational, computer, and communication skills are required.
Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods while viewing computer screen, use computer keyboard, and/or mouse.
Note: This is a brief description of the responsibilities of tthis position and is not limited to those described herein. Management retains the right to add, delete or modify any of these responsibilities at any time during employment.
