Contract Reconciliation Specialist
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Cincinnati, OH
- Contract
- Full-time
- Conduct general ledger and balance sheet account reconciliations including cash and cash equivalent accounts, inventory accounts, receivable and payable accounts etc.
- Monitor and report number of aged items in accounts.
- Prepare correcting journal entries for out of balance accounts.
- Prepare and validate grant and fund accounts including reporting to the Federal government.
- Take ownership of and reconciliation and report on detail on various set-a-side bank accounts.
- Participate in the month end and year end close process ensuring accurate reconciled balance sheet accounts including creating, reviewing and posting journal entries with supporting documentation.
- Assist with processing daily cash exceptions including rejected deposits from lockbox.
- Research, investigate and resolve variances or reconciliation issues on a timely manner.
- Develop and maintain written operational procedures for all tasks performed and cross-train to provide effective support to the functions supported.
- Contribute to continuous process improvement.
- Prepare financial and management reports including variance analyses highlighting root cause and remedies to the causes of reconciling differences.
- Assist during Audits with preparation and documentation of workpapers, supporting schedules and auditor request follow ups.
- Report all issues as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Working knowledge of GAAP/GASB.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Strong organizational and stress management skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task and thrive in a high-paced environment.
- High affinity to learn and apply governmental (Federal, State, Local) rules and regulations.
- Demonstrated experience working with financial software applications and Microsoft Office applications.
- Great team player demonstrating patience, persistence and leadership.
- Great organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Ability to work with little to no supervision and meet deadlines.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business preferred or Associates Degree in Accounting or Finance and
- Minimum of three (3) years of Accounting experience, one (1) of which should be in cash reconciliations.
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