Trainee Accountant

We prepare audits, reviews and compilations for nonprofits, construction companies and HOAs. Remote work is fine outside busy season, and most people come in two or three days a week.

Role overview:

The Trainee Accountant handles month-end close tasks, journal entries and account reconciliations for a multi-entity company. We are looking for an accountant who likes clean reconciliations and asks why a number moved. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in Pakistan, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Key responsibilities:

• Process intercompany transactions and eliminations across three entities.
• Review AP and AR agings for accuracy and cutoff.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including cash, fixed assets and accrued liabilities.
• Clean up legacy account balances that do not tie out.
• Document close procedures and keep the close checklist current.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and allocations.
• Record fixed asset additions and run monthly depreciation.
• Assist with year-end audit requests and prepare supporting schedules.

Required qualifications:

• 1+ years of general ledger or public accounting experience.
• Strong Excel: XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, pivot tables, SUMIFS.
• Experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Comfortable explaining numbers to non-accountants.
• Available for extra hours at month-end and year-end.

What we offer:

• Annual team retreat.
• Home office setup budget.
• Annual salary review.
• Company laptop.
• Annual learning budget.
• Performance bonus.
• Paid sick days.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cedar Ridge & Company LLC.