Arena Americas Hiring for Staff Accountant Job at Oak Creek, WI Full Time

Staff Accountant – Growing Company, Fast Paced Environment, Advancement Opportunity

Would you like to play a role at a company that offers its employees advancement opportunities and competitive wages, while helping support some of the world’s most prestigious events?

The Company: Arena Americas is one of the largest and most successful event rental companies in North America. Arena is a recognized leader in providing structured tents and party rental solutions to providing turnkey events for a variety of sporting, commercial, and corporate clients across the nation.

• We actively promote a culturally diverse environment that offers employees opportunities for personal and team-based growth.
• Our employees participate in designing, creating and delivering unique solutions to many high-profile events.
• We have a shared vision of the future that is built on core values that underpin the innovative and creative solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations.

The Position:

We are looking for a Staff Accountant to bring a fresh perspective and experience to our accounting team as we continue to standardize and improve processes within our department, as well as our organization. This position will report to the Financial Controller, and is based in Oak Creek, WI.

• We offer a competitive benefits package.
• Cultural diversity and room for growth
• On the Job Training

Responsibilities:

• Sets up new accounts when needed.
• Processes month-end reports for management review.
• Coordinates the completion of the balance sheet account analysis.
• Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and reviews and verifies balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position.
• Prepares, verifies, and controls the entering of journal entries to the general ledger.
• Evaluates subsidiary journals for errors and omissions and enters corrected data into the general ledger.
• Performs all tasks associated with the general ledger, i.e. enters monthly journal entries, executes monthly closing entries, executes month-end general ledger.
• Performs monthly closing of unbilled revenue, adjustment to closed orders, billing summary, and overall analysis.
• Ensures timely processing of financial statements.
• Reviews project profitability monthly.
• Tracks fixed asset additions, sales, disposals, and records necessary depreciation entries.
• Fulfills ad-hoc requests from internal customers, and leadership team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from a four-year college or university with two years related accounting experience.
• Prior experience as a Staff Accountant preferred.
• Requires an above average knowledge of MS Excel.
• Requires an attention to detail. Requires knowledge of company products and accounting system.

Skills/Attributes for Success:

• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excel proficiency
• Experience with Microsoft NAV
• Ability to balance urgency/timeliness with accuracy
• Ability to communicate accounting concepts to operations and management

Why Should You Apply?

• Team-based culture that rewards individual and department performance
• Great Benefits
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
• Fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Great opportunity to work for an exciting company with a growth vision to the future

If you describe yourself as a team player, enthusiastic, possess a high level of integrity and the willingness to make a significant contribution, we invite you to apply for this opportunity.

Arena Americas is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran’s status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law. Arena Americas also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans. Arena Americas participates with E-Verify.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Accounting: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location