Overview

The Financial Accountant is responsible for supporting financial decision-making information by collecting, analyzing, investigating, and reporting financial data.

Primary Responsibilities

• Compiles and analyzes account data to create capital, liability, and asset account entries
• Enters account details to document financial transactions
• Analyzes accounting alternatives to suggest financial actions
• Collects data to summarize current financial status
• Prepares profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and other documents
• Audits records to substantiate financial transactions
• Prepares and recommends procedures and policies by maintaining accounting controls
• Coordinates activities and answers questions to guide accounting clerical staff
• Collects and examines account information necessary to reconcile financial discrepancies
• Completes database backups to secure financial information
• Follows internal controls to ensure financial security
• Verifies documentation, requests expenditures, and prepares disbursements
• Researches and interprets accounting regulations and policies to resolve procedural questions
• Studies current and new legislation to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local financial regulations
• Advises management on necessary operations to enforce adherence to legal requirements
• Gathers, interprets, and compiles account trends and data to create specialized financial reports
• Ensures client confidentiality by keeping financial information secure
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree and 3 years of experience or equivalent education and related experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong organization, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Experience with financial accounting systems, extraction of financial data, and data analysis
• Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, or Accredited in Business Valuation credentials preferred

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 15lbs

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.