Accountant

Position Summary: Maintains accounting records and prepares financial statements and analysis for Market America, Inc. and/or affiliated entities.

Essential Function and Responsibilities:

• Prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, monthly financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards
• Maintains and reconciles all assigned general ledger accounts
• Monitors and generates reports to management of cash balances for multiple affiliated entities
• Prepares journal entries and maintains and reconciles various general ledger accounts to ensure accurate monthly processes
• Analyzes business operations, trends, costs and revenues to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice
• Completes assigned tasks in the monthly close process
• Examines processes used to generate the journal entries that create the monthly financial statements, and confirms accuracy, completeness and relevancy of the elements used
• Develops, maintains and analyzes budgets, and prepares periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs, for both operating costs and capital expenditures
• Documents processes and desktop procedures used in performing assigned responsibilities
• Establishes, modifies, documents, and coordinates implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures
• Provides work leadership and direction to other accountants and clerical workers
• Performs advanced and specialized accounting assignments involving complex and confidential data
• Comply with company policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as needed or requested

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None, but may direct and train others

Performs any other functions and duties assigned and necessary for the smooth and efficient operation of Market America.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree within finance or accounting; minor in computer information systems
• Two (2) to four (4) years of experience in finance and accounting or a combination of equivalent experience, education, and training

Computer/Communication Skills:

• Proficient use of MS Office programs: Word, Excel and Outlook, required
• High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted strategic projects in conjunction with day-to-day tactical activities
• Ability to get along and work with diverse personalities; tactful, mature, flexible
• Prioritizes and models good communication skills; follow up, timely responses, proactive and positive in approach
• Above moderate to high levels in reading comprehension, writing, and speaking in English; active listening; attention to detail; critical thinking; mathematics, creative problem solving; complex problem solving; and judgment.

Above moderate levels of Spanish speaking, writing, and reading comprehension (Required)

Travel:

• Remote work with business approval
• Annual conference participation and related travel

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• Normal office environment with little exposure to dust and weather conditions prevalent at the time (i.e., cold hot/humid)
• Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, cameras, photocopiers, and filing cabinets
• Regularly required to talk, walk, stand, bend, twist, reach with hands and arms, stoop kneel and crouch
• Raise and lower an object from one level to another, less than twenty (20) pounds.
• Visual acuity must be a minimum or 20/40 (corrected) and normal hand/eye coordination
• Normal or corrected hearing
• Must be able to perform in an office environment where ninety (90) percent of work is performed sitting.
• Occasional long or irregular hours of work

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Market America | SHOP.COM considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.