Accountant II, Accounting

• Maintains financial records and ensures that financial transactions are properly recorded.
• Ensures the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger.
• Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements and other financial reports.
• Analyzes current costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.
• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work
• Solves standard problems by analyzing possible solutions using experience, judgment and precedents
• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies
• Explains information to others in straight forward situations

Keys to Success

• Requires conceptual and practical expertise in own area and general knowledge of related areas.
• Requires expanded conceptual knowledge in own area of expertise while developing additional skill sets

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None
• No supervisory responsibilities but may provide guidance to new associates

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• 2-4 years of experience
• Typically requires a college or university degree or the equivalent work experience that provides exposure to fundamental theories, principles and concepts