Accounting Specialist

Job Summary  

The UPS Store, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS is the world's largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal, printing and business service centers. The UPS Store has over 5,000 independently owned locations in the U.S. and Canada. If you're looking for an exciting and dynamic career opportunity, we want to hear from you!

This position ensures that accounting transactions are properly recorded, posted, processed, and reported. The incumbent completes the day-to-day maintenance to ensure thorough and accurate general ledgers. This position uploads, analyzes, and processes journal entries. This role performs and reviews standard month-end entries. The incumbent communicates and documents accounting procedures for specialized accounting and financial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Completes journal entry processes to upload data in a timely manner
• Conducts daily general ledger activities to maintain accuracy and timeliness
• Monitors the monthly accounting cycle to validate for propriety
• Reviews account balances to validate line item transactions
• Prepares balance sheet reconciliations in a timely manner and submits to management for approval
• Applies basic accounting and financial knowledge to ensure regulatory compliance
• Audits standard month-end entries to confirm accuracy and correct account balances
• Completes self-audits to ensure adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Validates signature authorization (e.g., expense reports, charge memos, etc.) to ensure corporate and regulatory compliance
• Codes invoices and vouchers to ensure proper account distribution
• Uses internal system tools to complete detailed financial analysis
• Prepare reconciliation reports to obtain management approval for reconciliation
• Contacts vendors, and internal customers to gather information and resolve issues
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to publish basic and specialized financial reports
• Generates reports to provide status communications for management review

Preferences

• Demonstrates knowledge of accounting theory and principles of Business, Financial, and Industry Knowledge; understands industry and financial trends impacting UPS and customers’ organizations; identifies the organizational structure and functions within a business
• Identifies the business problem that requires research and sources of information that are relevant to a problem; reviews literature and data related to the research question; summarizes information from data sources
• Captures/documents specific and accurate information; learns subjects thoroughly and in detail; completes work with thoroughness; supplies details when requested and maintains organized files
• Understands financial terminology and concepts such as cash flows, operating profit/loss, and net income; conducts financial analyses
• Demonstrates an understanding of the functions, regulations, and procedures of compliance agencies or governing bodies; takes a leadership position in programs that reduce risk and enhance safety
• Generates reports in appropriate format using basic software; reviews reports to ensure accuracy and completeness; identifies issues with report generation (e.g., missing variables, incorrect data, etc.)
• Bachelor’s Degree (or internationally comparable degree)
• Experience with advanced Excel skills (V-lookup, pivot tables, macros, etc.)
• Experience conducting financial analysis
• Demonstrates corporate accounting experience
• Experience with SAGE
• Experience with Coupa and Oracle