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American Physical Society Looking for Staff Accountant at College Park, MD Full Time
Job Description
American Physical Society
ID: 1353
Location: College Park, MD
Department: Finance & Operations
Staff Accountant
Who we are:
The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents more than 50,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world.
Position Summary:
Join the American Physical Society (APS) as a Staff Accountant in the Finance Department, reporting directly to the Accounting Manager. In this role, you will handle weekly transactional accounting tasks and actively contribute to the monthly close process by managing journal entries and reconciliations. Your responsibilities will include preparing financial statements, reconciling general ledger accounts, and addressing account discrepancies with precision. If you possess advanced excel skills, strong analytical abilities, and excellent communication skills, bring your expertise to our dynamic team and make a significant impact as a valued member of the APS Finance Department.
This position is a hybrid position with one day a week travel to the office in College Park.
APS has a “remote first” concept that promotes equal treatment and equal access within the United States, independent of physical work location, with a majority of staff working primarily from remote work locations. APS values diversity and welcomes candidates from a variety of backgrounds. APS offers a dynamic work environment with an outstanding total compensation package, including salary, outstanding benefits, and excellent paid time off.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing journal entries
- Assisting with audit fieldwork for both operational and financial audits
- Supporting month-end and year-end close
- Preparing financial statements, journal entries and account reconciliations
- Reconciling and balancing general ledger accounts
- Researching and correcting account discrepancies
- Provide timely ad hock and special reports as requested
- Assist with budget revenue projections and expense compilation
- Sales and use tax filings
Education:
- Associate’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Minimum of 2 years of related work experience
- Proficient in Excel
- Strong time management skills with the ability to meet communicated schedules and deadlines
- Ability to adapt to quickly changing schedules
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in Infor ERP and SaleForce/Nimble system a plus
- Experience in Non-Profit a plus
- Must be a self-starter and able to perform under general directions
- Strong organization, documentation, and prioritization skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work well with interdepartmental teams as well as independently
Travel: This position is a hybrid position with one day a week travel to the office in College Park. This role will also require some travel to attend meetings and events and additional travel as assigned.
Salary:
The salary range for this role considers the factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, and other business and organizational needs. APS’s Compensation Philosophy is to manage salaries at the midpoint of the market. Therefore, it is the practice to hire within the entry – midpoint range.
Full Range: $53,453k/year – $80,179k/year (USD)
Target Range: $53,453k/year – $59,468k/year (USD)
This is Us:
Help us achieve our mission of advancing and diffusing the knowledge of physics for the benefit of humanity, promote physics, and serve the broader physics community.
At APS, we:
- Provide a welcoming and supportive professional home for an active, engaged, and diverse membership
- Advance scientific discovery and research dissemination
- Advocate for physics and physicists, and amplify the voice for science
- Share the excitement of physics and communicate the essential role physics plays in the modern world
- Promote effective physics education for all
Core Values:
Core values are essential to shaping the culture of an organization. They provide the structure and guidance for how we conduct ourselves in our day-to-day interactions. Every employee has a responsibility for upholding these values. The behaviors and actions associated with demonstrating competency in these Core Values are described in a separate document.
Our Core Values:
- The Scientific Method
- Truth and Integrity
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Respect
- Partnering, Cooperation, and Open Collaboration
- Speaking Out
- Education and Learning
Amazing 2024 Benefit Offerings:
- Flexible schedules and ability to work remotely
- 8% employer-paid retirement contribution
- Investment advisement services: 100% employer paid
- Medical benefits: PPO or HDHP option
- Employer contribution to FSA or HSA account, eligibility based on medical plan enrollment
- Lifestyle Spending benefit up to $2000.00 (USD) – 100% employer paid
- Dental benefits: individual coverage 100% employer paid
- Vision benefits: individual and dependent coverage 100% employer paid
- Basic Life & Accident insurance: employee coverage 100% employer paid
- Supplemental Life & Accident insurance, including spouse & dependent child(ren) coverage
- Disability insurance: employee coverage 100% employer paid
- Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness insurance
- Healthcare, Commuter & Dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Vacation: 15 days annually
- Generous holiday leave: 17 paid days of significance; includes one week closure at the end of December
- Personal leave: 4 days annually
- Volunteer leave: 1 day annually
- Sick leave: 10 days annually
- Bereavement & Compassion leave: 2 -15 days based on loss
- 12 weeks employer-paid family leave
- College tuition reimbursement plan
- Job related seminar & continuing education
- Professional Certification/Recertification 100% employer paid
- Training and professional development; access to LinkedIn Learning on-demand courses
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mindfulness Meditation: live and on-demand classes
- APS does not offer relocation assistance/costs
The American Physical Society is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of American Physical Society not to discriminate or allow the harassment of employees or applicants on the basis of race, religious creed, immigration status, alienage or citizenship, religion, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, protected veteran status, protected military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, predisposing genetic characteristics, ancestry, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law with regard to any employment practices, including recruitment, advertising, job application procedures, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, job assignments, benefits and/or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, provided the individual is qualified, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the essential functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at APS. The American Physical Society is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact APS Human Resources at [email protected]. The “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster, prepared by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), provides an overview of several laws that protect you from discrimination on the job, and several rights are afforded to you by these laws. The “Pay Transparency Non Discrimination Provision,” prepared by the U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), provides an overview of several protections implemented to protect individuals working under federal contracts from discrimination when inquiring about or discussing compensation; these protections apply to all employees and applicants. The APS has a “remote first” concept that promotes equal treatment and equal access, independent of physical work location, with a majority of staff working primarily from remote work locations. #LI-SB1 PM21
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