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Accountant
Stephens
Little Rock, AR, United States
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• Perform monthly prepaid expense allocations and other various monthly accrual entries and reconcile corresponding general ledger accounts for Stephens Inc and related companies.
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions.
• Reconcile and Analyze payroll deductions from withholding reports to the general ledger for employee insurance for Little Rock and all branch offices.
• Co-Lead of monthly preparation of departmental and firm forecast / budget. Including set-up and maintenance of Chameleon (budgeting/forecasting software) and Computron and special forecast reports as requested by management. Also includes interfacing with department heads to gather data needed to produce monthly or annual forecast / budget.
• Responsible for monthly allocation of postage, supply and copy usage to departments. Also responsible for allocating monthly charges for the Stephens dining room.
• Assist in monthly maintenance of RMOL (Record Management On-line, records retrieval software).
• Responsible for confirmation of monthly bank loan interest calculation and accrual of interest as needed.
• Responsible for sending monthly financial statements for Stephens Inc and related companies to COOL (on line storage system).
• Assist in monthly production and distribution of departmental financial statements.
• Assist in maintaining financial reports using report writing system.
• Assist with monthly financial forecasting and budgeting for Stephens Inc and related companies.
• Responsible for daily reconciliation of entries from brokerage system (Talisys) to accounting system (Computron). This includes research and resolution of any out of balances. Includes verifying that customer, dealer and dividend control accounts are in balance. Also includes monthly collapsing entry to customer, dealer and dividend control accounts on accounting system.
• Weekly reconciliation of brokerage system suspense accounts used for weekly reserve computation.
• Monthly analysis of various departmental financial statements as assigned by management, including preparation of footnotes for management.
• Responsible for monthly analysis of various revenue and expense accounts as assigned by management.
• Work directly with the external auditors to ensure they have the required information to complete the audit of the firm, and be available to answer any questions.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by management.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Accounting or equivalent from a four-year college or university; and two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Strong computer skills including the use of financial reporting software, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook E-mail and the Internet. Ability to learn and use other industry specific software as required.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
CPA License preferred
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
10-key by touch. This position requires the ability to work under extensive time constraints. Due to deadlines imposed by management, regulatory agency filing, year end audits and regulatory exams, this limits when this position may take vacation.
REQUIRED TESTING
Microsoft Excel, Alpha-Numeric Data Entry and 10-key
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