Junior Accountant
Job Description
Job Title: Junior Accountant
Location: Monticello, NY
Salary: $25 hourly
Seeking a detail-oriented Junior Accountant to support departmental accounting, auditing, and fiscal compliance functions. This role offers hands-on exposure to governmental accounting, financial analysis, and contract oversight while working closely with department leadership.
Responsibilities:
Process accounts payable activities including invoice review, vendor reconciliation, and timely payments
Record and post journal entries, maintain ledgers, perform trial balances, and assist with financial statements
Support budget preparation, cost studies, bank reconciliations, and inventory/capital depreciation calculations
Conduct fiscal monitoring and on-site audits of contracts and grants, preparing written findings and recommendations
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field with 2+ years of accounting experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience as defined
Working knowledge of accounting principles, debits and credits, and governmental accounting/audit practices
Experience preparing financial statements, reports, and audit documentation
Proficiency with accounting systems and standard office software (spreadsheets, word processing, databases)