Accounting Specialist/Bookkeeper Jobs

Rea & Associates is a growing Top 100 Accounting firm providing our clients services in tax, accounting, and business consulting. We have a ‘People First’ culture and we focus on our employees’ well-being and professional development. With over 400 professionals and fifteen offices in Ohio, our firm has a culture that respects a work-life balance for our team. We also provide competitive compensation and a robust benefits plan.
Rea & Associates is looking for an experienced, ambitious, and enthusiastic Accounting Specialist / Bookkeeper to join our Mentor, Ohio public accounting team. This position is responsible for full-charge bookkeeping, payroll processing, accounting and audit support, and administrative tasks.
Responsibilities:

• Processing of client’s payroll
• Preparing bank reconciliations
• Calculating and/or processing payroll tax deposits and payments, as required
• Identifying potential additional services to benefit current clients
• Understanding how payroll preparation and monthly transaction entry relates to year-end information
• Preparing GAAP conversions, when applicable
• Preparing engagement budgets
• Reviewing other team members work
• Assisting principals with client billing
• Reviewing accounts and calculate retained earnings
• Assisting clients with accounting, payroll and basic software issues
• Assisting tax/accounting and audit departments with training/providing annual adjusted client trial balance
• Preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements including cash flows for multiple clients and industries
• Calculating bonus payments and appropriate deductions from bonus checks

Requirements
Required:

• Knowledge of general accounting concepts
• High School Diploma or GED
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications with advanced skills in Word and Excel

Preferred:

• QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor
• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in accounting or comparable accounting and bookkeeping experience
• Experience with QuickBooks

Benefits
Rea & Associates offers a wide variety of benefits to help support our employees' health, wellness and financial goals.

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Four (4) weeks PTO
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Twelve (12) paid holidays, of which three (3) are floating holidays
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Wellness Resources
• Training & Development
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

Rea & Associates, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including without limitation pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), age, ancestry, military status, national origin, genetic information, disability or other characteristics protected by applicable law. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including but not limited to hiring, transfers, promotions, training, terminations, working conditions, compensation, benefits, and other terms, conditions or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment.
Rea & Associates does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from Rea’s Talent team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. Rea & Associates will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers.