accounting manager temporary.

Assignment Length: 6-9 months (could >12 mo.)
Pay: $80-110k

Responsibilities:
-Train for backup of Accountant & Sr Accountant positions
-Gain an understanding of company's products and services
-Understand the basis of activity codes and how they drive a job through the MIS
-Ability to understand jurisdictional sales, use, and excise tax guidelines
-Work with Accountant to ensure new product and service offerings are set up and taxing correctly. (Thomson Reuters OneSource Determination)
-Work with Accountant to ensure MIS sales category is correctly mapped to correct OneSource commodity code
-Review reconciliations of sales tax (daily) and work with Accountant to determine issues or corrections when necessary
-Review reconciliation of postage (monthly) and work with Accountant to determine issues or corrections when necessary
-Review sales expenses and apply IRS guidelines to determine accuracy
-Review billing/receivable workflows to ensure efficiency
-Review purchasing/payable workflows to ensure efficiency
-Audit tax exemptions certificates maintained by Accountant
-Review, investigate, and approve credit memos, if deemed appropriate
-Periodic review of WIP and WIP valuation. Work with relevant staff for any identified issues
-Work with inventory personnel regarding slow-moving or obsolete inventory
-Assist with tracking and processing of donation requests/awards
-Review and approval of sales commission reports
-Audit of accounts payable onboarding for vendors in compliance with SOC2 requirements
-Work with purchasing department as it relates to issues in the accounting process
-Assist all work cells in purview during MIS upgrade implementation
-Oversee accounting of fixed assets
-Complete daily review of pricing review for accuracy, discuss concerns with Sr Accountant, and determine corrections together when necessary
-Complete daily review of job billing for accuracy, discuss concerns with Accountant, and determine corrections together when necessary
-Audit job costs, investigate concerns, and work with team for corrective action if necessary
-Complete daily review of accounts payable entry to confirm details (including use tax, if applicable), discuss concerns with Sr Accountant, and determine corrections together when necessary

Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Skills:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business related field preferred

Education:
Bachelors

Experience:
1-4 years

Qualifications:
-Minimum 3-5 years??? experience
-Prior experience managing accounting staff
-Ability to work collaboratively and educate the team
-Analytical mind with ability to identify issues and the root cause
-Ability to lead the team to address issues
-Excel in creating process efficiencies
-Highly organized
-Must be able to prioritize


To be considered, please apply online at www.spherion.com/apply

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