Accountant

• Maintain proper pricing for all products in the system, based off reports from Sales Managers and different types of shipping discounts
• Coordinate with Customer Service on maintaining customers’ contracts with any special pricing they may receive to ensure invoicing is accurate
• Reviewing pricing on invoices before being sent out to the customers and researching any potential discrepancies or price changes that may arise
• Participating in weekly Customer Service meetings to communicate any updates or changes regarding pricing and to assist with any projects that needed to be collaborated between the Pricing Team & Customer Service Team
• Maintain spreadsheet of customers’ past due payments and contact customers on a bi-weekly basis to collect payment, and research any conflicts/discrepancies that may arise

• Review/approve employee expense reports and make sure they comply with government and company guidelines before processing them for the pay period
• Managing account reconciliations for month-end and making sure they match up with our GL numbers; research any discrepancies that may occur and adjust accordingly (checking account, depreciation, and employee payables)
• Keep track of American Express charges, reconciliation of all employee cards at month-end, and posting charges to the system to account for them in our monthly financials
• Assist in preparation of monthly financial reports for management, including forecast analysis and research of any discrepancies that may arise from the actual numbers compared to what was billed to the customer

• Vouch invoices weekly from different vendors as well as do their monthly reconciliations and communicate with them when we need paperwork or to resolve problems
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for two of the companies owned by East Coast News (Pure Play Media & Vantage Productions)
• Apply credit card charges and checks to the proper G/L accounts daily in order to keep our financials updated
• Assist the Controller with various projects such as sales tax payments, sales commission reports, month-end closings, and other financial statements
• Prepare excel spreadsheets on a weekly basis from scratch to show projected expenses of different projects being undertaken by the company, as well as keeping track of any companies/studios that may owe us money
• Create journal entries when needed to adjust amounts into the proper accounts on the G/L or to add amounts that were overlooked previously for accurate numbers on our books

• Check & Assemble personal tax returns (Federal, NJ, & NY)
• Input write-up in accounting software for companies to produce profit & loss statements, balance sheets, income statements, and other reports for tax purposes