Staff Accountant
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Job Location:
St. Louis, MO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Lawrence Group is a place for dreamers!
Lawrence Group is a building design development and project delivery firm headquartered in St. Louis with offices in Austin Florida and New York. With 160 employees Lawrence Group offers architecture interior design landscape architecture furniture procurement graphic design planning construction and real estate development services to a wide variety of clients including housing hospitality healthcare academic and retail.
This position will promote Lawrence Groups core values:
- Legendary: We strive to be legendary from the service we provide to our impact on the community.
- Innovation: Were driven by ideas and creativity. We take calculated risks and embrace opportunities.
- Growth: We seek sustainable growth for our clients our organization and our employees.
- Heart: We lead with heart. We celebrate appreciate and care for each other.
- Trust: We rely on trust to pursue excellence. We speak honestly act transparently and honor our commitments.
Lawrence Groups St. Louis office seeks a diligent and detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our accounting team. The Staff Accountant will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial records supporting month-end quarter-end and year-end close activities and assisting with various financial reporting tasks. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting principles exceptional analytical skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Position responsibilities:
- Perform general ledger (GL) account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data.
- Support month-end quarter-end and year-end close activities including journal entries balance sheet account reconciliations accruals and maintenance of operational management GL accounts.
- Maintain and update records and reports related to profit and loss (P&L) liabilities and fixed assets (FA).
- Prepare special financial reports as requested by collecting analyzing and summarizing account information and trends.
- Assist with bi-weekly payroll processing activities to ensure timely and accurate employee compensation.
- Manage credit card entry and payment processing to reconcile transactions and maintain compliance with company policies.
- Provide support to the Controller and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for all tax and audit compliance requirements including gathering necessary documentation and assisting with audit inquiries.
- Daily Cash internal reporting and treasury duties: including but not limited to: posting deposits positive pay upload to bank portal ACH and Wire transactions utilizing banking software
- Responsible for all Check Request processing for the company and occasional Accounts payable support for the accounting team.
- Special projects and other duties as assigned based on operational needs.
Required Skills/Knowledge:
- 3 years of professional accounting experience
- Proficient knowledge of accounting and corporate finance principles and procedures
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to focus and work effectively.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of company and client information
- Desire for professional growth with exceptional customer service communication and collaboration skills
- Adaptability to changing priorities approaches and deadlines
- AEC industry experience preferred.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in accounting business or finance
- Knowledge of GAAP
- Microsoft Excel Intermediate to Advanced level skillset
- Experience in the AEC industry preferred
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment with a hybrid schedule capability. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
This position requires no minimum ability to lift bend or stand.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position.
Travel
Minimal to no travel is expected for this position.
Reporting Relationship: Controller
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accounting Software
- Account Analysis
- GAAP
- QuickBooks
- Pivot tables
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Sage
- Account Reconciliation
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
About Company
As a nationally renowned design firm, Lawrence Group is defined by our commitment to crafting spaces that embody the essence of thriving, experiencing, and living.
