Staff Accountant I (Hybrid)

As a Staff Accountant I on our Finance team youll keep the numbers behind Lakeshores mission accurate and moving. Youll own key pieces of the monthly close cycle journal entries account reconciliations and reporting working closely with senior accountants who will help you grow. Your work directly supports the financial health of a company that puts quality learning materials into the hands of educators and families every day.

A day on the job looks like this:

• Own the preparation and posting of monthly journal entries including accruals and reclassifications with accurate supporting documentation
• Reconcile and analyze assigned balance sheet accounts prepaid expenses accrued expenses and others so balances are clean and well-understood at close
• Contribute to monthly quarterly and annual reporting packages bringing together data that helps leadership make informed decisions
• Support the annual financial statement and collateral audit by organizing documentation and responding to auditor requests
• Partner cross-functionally on special projects and ad-hoc analyses bringing curiosity and a willingness to dig into unfamiliar territory

Qualifications :

What you bring:

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Business Administration or a related field
• 2 years of hands-on accounting experience including exposure to month-end close
• Comfort working independently on recurring tasks while knowing when to escalate questions to senior team members
• Ability to work on-site at our Carson CA office on a hybrid schedule

Preferred:

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA or a similar ERP system
• Active pursuit of CPA licensure

What sets you apart:

• You treat a reconciling difference as a puzzle worth solving not a problem to park until next month
• You communicate proactively if something looks off or a deadline is at risk you say so early
• You take feedback in stride and use it to sharpen how you work the next time around

Additional Information :

And heres our end of the bargain!

At Lakeshore we pay local market wages for employees that reside within Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

For this position new employees joining Lakeshore who live within Los Angeles and Orange Counties are typically brought into the organization between $26.00$35.00/hour depending on relevant experience & skillset.

This range is indicative of projected hiring range. The annual base compensation will take into account each candidates relevant experience location and skillset.

• Bonus eligible
• Paid leave for new parents to support work/life balance and family bonding
• Excellent medical/dental and vision coverage EPO PPO and HSA
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (because you will retire someday)
• Flexible benefits choose what you like ignore the rest
• On-site preschool for our employees children
• On-site employee gym for all levels/fitness needs
• Generous employee discount
• Casual dressand we really mean it

At Lakeshore we know our diversity makes us stronger and when everyone feels included and valued we all win. We strive to embrace our differences and create an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that is representative of the teachers families and children we serve.

We know we couldnt do the extraordinary things were doing without the people on our team. Thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of this spectacular group Lakeshore is more than a great place to workits a great experience to be part of. Day in and day out we give everything weve got to create products that instill a sense of wonder and foster a true love of learning. To help maintain this high bar for success were constantly on the lookout for people to join us. So if youre a down-to-earth professional who shares our desire for making a difference wed love to hear from you.

To learn more about Lakeshore visit Employment Opportunity Policy 
 
People are selected to become members of the Lakeshore family based on skill merit and mind-boggling talentnot based on race color creed sexual orientation gender or gender identity marital status domestic partnership status military status religion age national origin ancestry alienage AIDS or AIDS-related complex status genetic information predisposition or carrier status status as a victim of domestic violence physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If things arent equal we all lose. 

To learn about how we collect and use Applicant information please visit our Employee/Applicant Privacy Policy. 

Lakeshore is an E-Verify employer. We use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. 

Please see the E-Verify Participation Poster and Know Your Rights Poster in English and Spanish for more information. INDRLL1

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time