Junior Staff Accountant
EdX is a nonprofit educational technology company that provides millions of people from around the globe with access to free education. We offer high-quality classes from the world’s best institutions. We’re backed by Harvard & MIT and located in the heart of Kendall Square in Cambridge. Interested in joining our team?
We are looking to hire a Junior Accountant to join our team! This role provides an opportunity to see the whole business process, from an accounting and financial perspective, in a dynamic tech company. The ideal candidate will have one to two years of general accounting experience as well as a degree in Accounting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of month-end accounting close functions including journal entries, accruals, fixed assets, GL & bank reconciliations
- Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions
- Processes invoices and vendor inquiry research
- Assists with financial & tax audits
- Locating and reporting costs and spend on software and SaaS products
- Documents & monitors internal processes & controls
- Assists with budgeting, financial planning and analysis
- Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data
- May perform other job related duties as assigned
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance with 1-2 years of full-time experience
- Strong Excel skills, including use functions to analyze and organize data. Specifically V Lookup, H Lookup, Match, If, SumIf, text, concatenate
- Excellent analytical, technical, written, and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail, deadline oriented, self starter, comfortable in a fast paced environment
- Proven ability to work both independently & collaboratively with different levels of employees
- Knowledge in Quickbooks preferred, but not required
Note: This role may deal with confidential information and/or issues requiring discretion and judgment.
This position is located in our Cambridge, MA office. Sponsorship is not available.