Accounting Specialist

Accounting Specialist Location: Houston Salary: Competitive Contract: Permanent Job Summary A privately owned worldwide technology company with offices in Houston, Texas and Edinburgh, Scotland has an immediate opening for an Accounting Specialist in our Houston (Corporate) office. The ideal candidate will have a solid general accounting background and will be organized, flexible, detail oriented and able to work well with others. Excellent Microsoft Office skills are required and job costing experience is a plus. Responsibilities • Accounts Payable: Invoice entry into Accounting ERP system, processing of payments by checks, ACH, EFT and wire transfers, job costing and vendor reconciliations • Accounts Receivable: Invoice entry into Accounting ERP system, customer reconciliations and maintaining of contract files • Maintain Purchase Order Log • Maintain general ledger reconciliations as required • Assist with payroll process by collecting, calculating and entering data for field personnel • Assist with human resource processes including employment processing and records management • Assist with payments of employment benefits including reconciliation of deductions to billing • Responsible for verifying the completeness and accuracy of expense receipts submitted for reimbursement. • Bank Reconciliations • Filing and processing of incoming and outgoing mail • Provide support for various departments within the company • Special Projects as requested Education/ Qualifications Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting is preferred Experience 5+ years’ accounting experience, 5+ years’ professional office experience Skills & Competencies Proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Outlook Intermediate to advanced Excel Experience with ERP Accounting systems (Sage Accpac experience a plus) Detail oriented We welcome applications from people from all diversity groups.