Mid-Level Accountant – World Wide Technology Raceway – Madison, IL

Mid-Level Accountant
Salary position based on experience – please include your salary requirement with your resume

Madison, Illinois
(this is NOT a remote position, must be onsite daily)

Primary Duties:
– Work closely with off-site lead Accountant to ensure accuracy of all data in and out of accounting department.
– STRONG attention to detail, as this position will be handling the daily accounting for a total of 6 different small companies.
– Discretion for appropriate sharing of details and high level of confidentiality.
– Process bi-weekly payroll for the 6 different companies on site, which includes a mix of hourly and salary employees.
– Process weekly accounts payable, to include monitoring payables for accuracy in vendor billing.
– Provide weekly outstanding receivables report to sales team and owner of company.
– Process monthly Sales Tax to the State of Illinois for 2 different companies, and quarterly Sales Tax for 1 of the businesses.
– Oversee the Accounting Clerk and ensure timely data entry of payables.
– Process bank deposits via remote deposit.
– Manage the pickup of cash deposits by the courier service and track through the process to ensure timely depositing into the bank account.
– Timely responses to all inquiries from the company owner, department managers, off-site lead Accountant and others regarding inquiries, ad-hoc requests, etc.
– Occasional weekends will be required due to the nature of the business; however, only on event weekends.
Requirements:
– 5 years’ working experience of QuickBooks Online is required, absolutely no exceptions.
– Minimum of 7 years Accounting experience.
– Experience with multiple entities is a plus with regards to intercompany transactions.
– ADP payroll service experience a plus, but not required.
– Excellent analytical skills
– Ability to read and interpret documents, organize and analyze data.
– Excellent communication and organizational skills, especially keeping 6 different companies organized appropriately.
– Thorough knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, function to General Ledger.
– A high level of Microsoft office a must (Excel mainly).
– Attendance and reliability is an imperative job function.
– Autonomous/independent – is capable of being successful with little direction or oversight. Yet the ability to work in a collaborative environment with special projects and workflow process improvements as needed.