Sr. Accountant

Populus is an amazing company where our employees stay because they love their teams and the growth opportunities. Additionally, we offer a competitive 401K match, a generous paid time off package, and Health Benefits.

Our mission is to provide a broad range of quality financial products and services delivered with best-in-class customer service. We work and lead with integrity, and we celebrate employees who exemplify our values. Come join our team!

Job Summary

In this challenging role, you will help maintain and improve the general ledger and financial reporting processes and help transform the financial close process to support a rapidly evolving business. Working closely with our finance, cash management and operations team members, this is a rewarding role at an exciting time in the company’s history. In this role you will help drive ongoing accounting and financial reporting, will perform various ad hoc analyses and projects which drive key strategic decisions. Ideal candidate will either have prior general ledger accounting and financial reporting experience or will be hungry to acquire it. In this dynamic, challenging role you’ll have serious impact as a member of the hard-working team responsible for keeping our financial house in order.

Major Responsibilities

• Key areas of responsibility include revenue, accounts receivable, rent, fixed assets, accounts payable loans,
  accruals, sales and use tax, property tax and unclaimed property.
• Update and maintain individual account reconciliations and ensure that accounts tie to the general ledger, that balances are justified, supported, reasonable and properly classified/compliant with GAAP guidelines for financial reporting.
• Build and maintain detailed and summarized P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements and supporting schedules.
• Respond to audit, tax and compliance requests.
• Research and assist with the build-out of the financial reporting software ERP.
• Ad-Hoc and miscellaneous accounting/finance projects.

Key Competencies

• Focused
• Financial Competencies
• Detail Oriented
• Leadership
• Communication Proficiency
• Organized
• Time Management

Interactions

• Direct Report Title Number
  N/A
• Indirect Report Title Number
• Other Internal/External Interactions, Finance/Cash Management/Operations, Vendors, Management Team

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop or bend; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position, days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position may require long hours and weekend work.

Travel
N/A

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in some work environments can be moderate.

Disclaimer
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted, as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

EEO Statement
Populus Financial Group provides an equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.