A business consulting organization has a great opportunity for an Accountant to join a successful and growing firm in their Sacramento location. This is a contract to hire opportunity! Our client is an industry leading consulting firm with excellent leadership, 3 weeks PTO, and a generous benefits package for employees and family. The Accountant will be responsible for general accounting duties and work alongside a dedicated accounting team. 100% onsite. Pay: $25-$35/hour DOE. 

The ideal candidate will have intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills, and strong experience reconciling balance sheets and statements. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close.
• G/L account reconciliation and analysis process
• Post journal entries, including prepaid and accruals, cash, depreciation, and amortization transactions
• Process Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Employee expense reports
• Ad-hoc reporting, financial schedules and analysis as required
• Owns entire lifecycle of Accounts Payable transactions
• Timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices and payments
• Manage vendor/customer relations, timely response to inquiries
• Resolve payment discrepancies with vendors
• Responsible for proper general ledger coding 
• Perform month-end close processes, including preparation of AP related accruals
• Process and monitor incoming payments
• Prepare bills, invoices, and bank deposits
• Reconciliation of ledger to ensure all payments accounted for and posted
• Various daily, weekly, monthly reporting
• Participation with 1099 and audit preparation quarterly and at year end
• Perform other duties as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4 years of accounting experience in general accounting required. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Accounting is required. 
• Strong knowledge of accounting software required. 
• Intermediate to advanced technical skills with MS Excel including V-look up and pivot tables. 
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles, including generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Ability to learn new applications/software systems effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to handle shifting priorities.