Staff Accountant II

Summary: REI Co-op is dedicated to finding better ways to work and helping people enjoy the outdoors. The Staff Accountant II role involves preparing, examining, and posting corporate financial data to the general ledger, performing month-end closing activities, account reconciliations, and generating reports while ensuring compliance with GAAP standards. Responsibilities: - Performs month-end closing activities - Prepares variance/flux examination for assigned accounts - Experience with 3 or 4 accounting-related concepts - Reviews, balances, and posts corporate financial data from multiple systems into the general ledger - Accrues, defers, and amortizes corporate costs in accordance with GAAP - Reconciles balance sheet accounts; identifies and resolves discrepancies - Prepares supporting documentation for audits, balance sheet reconciliations and journal entries - Purposefully seeks guidance on prioritization from team members and manager to ensure deliverables are completed timely - Examines financial information to provide insight to management and to ensure material accuracy - Works with senior-level teammates and business partners - Works cross-divisionally to research questions about financial information and posts correcting entries in accordance with GAAP and internal account definitions - Performs accounting research and prepares documentation on simple new accounting topics - Generates custom and ad hoc reports as requested by management - Identifies issues and brings inconsistencies to the attention of management - Participates in developing and implementing solutions - Maintains awareness of activities and issues that could impact daily operations and service levels - Purposefully seeks opportunities for process improvements within their area - Solid understanding of internal controls related to accounting and reporting - Responsible for ensuring adequate internal controls within accounting - Works with other teams to ensure adequate controls exist for processes that impact accounting - Demonstrates excellent time management skills and effectively prioritizes contending responsibilities with minimal oversight; ensures deliverables are completed timely - Serves as backup to other team members - Participates in ad hoc projects and assignments as needed Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting - 0-4 years accounting or bookkeeping experience - Intermediate to advanced Excel skills required - Demonstrates firm understanding of how to apply GAAP to general ledger accounting - Consistently demonstrates critical and problem-solving skills - Collaborative work style - Ability to consolidate information from various sources including feedback from others to reach sound conclusions - Exceptional attention to detail Preferred Qualifications: - Basic understanding of one or more financial systems - Experience examining informational data in an ERP system - SAP experience Required Skills: GAAP, General ledger accounting, Excel, Account reconciliation, Financial reporting, Internal controls, ERP systems, SAP Benefits: Generous employee discount, Access to health benefits, A retirement savings plan, Accrued time off