Assistant Accountant

Advisory services include transaction due diligence, valuation, forensic accounting and IT risk. Offices in Milwaukee and more than 20 other cities share a national tax and technical resources team. Founded in 1976, we now have 420 employees.

The Assistant Accountant handles month-end close tasks, journal entries and account reconciliations for a multi-entity company. Our headquarters is in Milwaukee, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

Day to day:

• Assist with year-end audit requests and prepare supporting schedules.
• Investigate P&L variances and explain them to the Controller.
• Document close procedures and keep the close checklist current.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and allocations.
• Maintain the general ledger in NetSuite or Sage Intacct.

Qualifications:

• 0-2 years of general ledger or public accounting experience.
• Comfortable explaining numbers to non-accountants.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Organised and accurate under deadlines.
• Available for extra hours at month-end and year-end.
• Experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.

Desirable:

• Multi-entity or multi-currency accounting.

Perks and benefits:

$4.50-$5.50 per hour

• Company laptop.
• Annual rate review.

Duration: 12 months. Start: Immediately.

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