Summary
B. Riley Securities provides investment banking, corporate finance, advisory, research, and sales and trading services. The Staff Accountant I will support the Securities team and Accounting Manager with month-end close, financial information compilation, reconciliations, journal entries, reporting, audits, and special projects.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and prepare general ledger account reconciliations, analyze monthly account activity, and prepare related journal entries
- Prepare cash receipt entries for check deposit, wire, and ACH transactions
- Prepare journal entries for revenue recognition and coordinate with commissions team on direct cash revenue transactions
- Prepare bank and cash account reconciliations on a weekly basis, assemble and scan support documents, and research cash transactions to determine general ledger coding
- Assist with receivables and prepare accounts receivable reporting for associated business segments
- Assist with intercompany account reconciliations, update occupancy cost share allocations, and prepare related journal entries
- Assist with monthly reporting by generating system reports and reconciling inventory positions
- Assist with preparation and filing of state and local personal property tax reports
- Assist with preparation of monthly balance sheet account reconciliations by generating standard NetSuite reports and assembling support documentation
- Assist management with audits, research inquiries, prepare schedules, and generate reports
- Process assigned tasks timely and in accordance with daily requirements and monthly close schedule
- Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential
- Accomplish accounting department and organizational goals by completing tasks as needed
- Perform other duties and tasks as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance
- Minimum one-year of relevant work experience in accounting
- Proficient in Microsoft Office 365; Excel and Outlook
- Must be able to perform responsibilities as a team member
- Must possess a basic understanding of the general ledger close process and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Self-starter with good communication skills; deadline oriented with good time management and organizational skills
- NetSuite experience is a plus
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance
- Minimum one-year of relevant work experience in accounting
- Proficient in Microsoft Office 365; Excel and Outlook
- Must be able to perform responsibilities as a team member
- Must possess a basic understanding of the general ledger close process and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Self-starter with good communication skills; deadline oriented with good time management and organizational skills
Nice to Haves
- NetSuite experience is a plus
Benefits
- Access to our 401(k) profit sharing retirement plan
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave
- Voluntary group medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company paid life and disability coverage