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The Staff Accountant position at Benchmark Education Company entails supporting the Finance Department with financial close processes, including reconciliations, budgeting, and external audit preparation.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include managing monthly close requirements, preparing management reports, analyzing financial records for accuracy, and providing audit assistance.

Skills: Candidates should have 2+ years of general accounting experience, an Accounting Degree (preferred), proficiency in Microsoft Office, and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications: Experience with NetSuite is a plus, along with strong adaptability and teamwork skills.

Location: New Rochelle, United States of America

Compensation: $55000 - $65000 / Annually

*This position is onsite at our New Rochelle office 4x a week.

Position Purpose: Support the Finance Department to ensure the successful execution of the financial close, reconciling the balance sheet, budgeting, variance analysis, and work paper preparation for the annual external audit.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Monthly Close requirements

Managing end-to-end financial processes for the organization including invoices daily, ensuring they are processed correctly and that they are coinciding with sales orders.
Prepare monthly management reports for critical accounts including bank reconciliations, inventory, and accrued purchases.
Analyze accounting records, including financial statements and other financial reports, to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standards.
Review general ledger accounts through analytical review, and proactively research activity to rectify errors.
Record journal entry transactions as necessary based on supportable information.

Ongoing Daily Procedures

Perform review of travel and expense transactions.
Process accounts receivable cash application and deposit checks ensuring that records from the company and bank are accurate.
Consistently following up with customers to verify they have received billing requests, or if they are overdue with their payments.

Audit Assistance

Provide reports and analysis as required for external auditors
Miscellaneous projects as needed

Job Requirements/Skills & Experience:

2+ years of general accounting experience
Accounting Degree preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office. Experience with NetSuite a plus.
Strong analytical skills, fast learner, ability to adapt to change and team player

Salary Range: $55,000-$65,000

*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.

ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY

Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.

BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.

Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com

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