Brea, CA

Staff Accountant

Ref ID: 00750-0012055007

Classification: Staff Accountant

Compensation: $65000.00 to $75000.00 yearly

If you're interested in becoming a critical part of an innovative company, you might be the full-time Staff Accountant Robert Half is looking for. Ideal candidates will thrive on solving challenges and handling multiple projects and components. The ideal candidate for this Staff Accountant position can prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. This role is for someone who wants to perform internal reporting during the monthly close, participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules reporting processes. This company, based in the Brea, California area, offers a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded. This is a job where a detail-oriented and analytical thinker with a talent for creating Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets can thrive.


What you get to do every single day


- Periodic maintenance and reconciliation of journal entries


- Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation


- Coordinate and analyze a variety of financial data, then report it in a way that is useful and understandable


- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll


- Prepare analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for management to report on


- Maintain capital lease and monthly payment schedules


- Implement, maintain, and adhere to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP


- Maintain fixed asset ledgers, depreciation, and reconciliation


- Conduct month end close and compose journal entries with minimal supervision


- Impromptu reporting and special projects, when requested


- In-depth experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliations


- Support the month end, quarter end and year end closing process, which includes monthly financial close workbook preparation


- Take part in various department-wide initiatives



To be confidentially considered for the role, please contact your Robert Half recruiter. If you are not currently working with a Robert Half recruiter, please apply directly to the job positing.

- Remarkable analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities

- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

- Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

- Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment

- Efficient in ERP systems

- Recent and relevant accounting experience

- Spreadsheet and database capabilities

- Ability and willingness to meet business critical deadlines

- Accounts Payable (AP) experience

- Proven knowledge of month end closings

- Proficiency in account reconciliation

- Foundational knowledge in Balance Sheet Reconciliation

- Bank reconciliations experience highly desired

- Accounts Receivable (AR) experience

- Great attention to detail

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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