Junior Accountant

at National Safety Council in Itasca, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Save lives, from the workplace to anyplace.
The National Safety Council is America's leading nonprofit safety advocate. We focus on eliminating the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths. Through leadership, research, education, and advocacy, NSC focuses on areas where most unintentional injuries and deaths occur. Our Initiatives include:
Workplace Safety
Roadway Security
ImpairmentWe are currently looking for a JuniorAccountantto join us in our mission to save lives and prevent injuries.

Position Highlights:
Under the direction of the Accounting Manager, the Junior Accountant will be responsible to keep records, maintaining financial reports and ledgers, and complete general bookkeeping, assisting with audit preparations and performing other accounting duties as assigned.

What You'll Do:
Maintains and reconciles accounts payable and accruals.
Develop tracking and documenting of anticipated outstanding bills for recurring items.
Work with NSC business units to identify missing invoices.
Review and posting of vendor invoices.
Assist with the annual financial audit.
Investigating and resolving audit findings and account discrepancies.
Investigating and resolving account discrepancies
Responsible for recording month-end reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts.We're Looking for Someone with:
Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
Strong knowledge of and ability to apply generally accepted accounting principles and Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word required.
Experience with general ledger and other sub-ledger systems is required.
Ability to maintain confidentiality; organize work and present information and communicate clearly in both written and oral formats required.
This is a remote position.
Salary range: $53,000 - $57,000Reasons You'll Love it here:
NSC cares about the safety, health, and overall well-being of our employees. We offer competitive benefits, resources, and tools to promote a work-life balance that supports employees during all phases of life. We off the following:
At least 20 PTO days accrued 1st year and 11 paid holidays
Flexible work arrangements
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care
403(b) & Roth 403(b) with employer match up to 6%
Reimbursable training
Student loan pay down
Dress for your day

We believe that you can't be safe if you don't feel safe.Feeling safe requires a commitment to equitable policy implementation and promoting diversity in the safety profession. We must cultivate our own diverse, inclusive, and equitable work environment to deliver on our mission to save lives, from the workplace to anyplace.

NSC is an equal opportunity employer.