Staff Accountant – Operations
Reports to: Accounting Manager - Operations
Location: India
Position Type: Full-Time
Company Overview
Momentum Financial Services Group, formerly Money Mart Financial Services, is a leading provider of financial services in North America. For 40 years, we've been committed to providing financial solutions that meet the evolving needs of consumers and business owners. Backed by a retail network of over 500 locations and robust digital and mobile platforms, we provide access to cash and related products to help our customers achieve their goals.
General Function
The Staff Accountant position is a member of the Operations Accounting team reporting to the Accounting Manager – Operations. As an Accountant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial records. Your responsibilities will include daily reconciliation and settlement of third-party fee products (i.e. MoneyGram, Mastercard), creating journal entries, and performing balance sheet reconciliations.
Job Role & Responsibilities
- Ensure that transactions reported by store operations are reconciled to amounts provided by third party
- Investigate variances and resolve in a systematic manner, prioritized by risk evaluation
- Report all significant variances to the supervisor and appropriate levels in Store Operations
- Ensure that Store Operations is working within set policies and procedures and report deviations to the appropriate level
- Complete daily reconciliation of assigned third-party fee products
- Reconcile weekly settlements and communicate to Treasury department
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts ensuring balances are well supported
- Follow-up on reconciliation discrepancies and resolve within policy guidelines
- Prepare and post journal entries related to revenue, accruals, and other financial transactions. Ensure proper documentation and adherence to accounting principles.
- Ensure the integrity of accounting information through timely journal entry preparation, variance analyses, and resolution of account variances
- Maintain a positive working relationship when addressing problems and providing solutions
- Respond to questions from other internal departments as well as liaising with select external parties
- Assist with assessing and monitoring internal controls, including risk assessments and reviews of risk areas
- Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements towards a quicker month-end close while maintaining accounting integrity
- Responsible for analytics or projects in support of executives and operations management as assigned
- Establish monitoring and enforcing company’s policy, procedures, and internal controls
- Contribute to preparing audit support
Specific Expertise Required
- Post-secondary education in Accounting
- Accounting degree preferred
Experience
- 2+ years general accounting experience
- Bank account and balance sheet account reconciliation
- Journal entry preparation
Technical / Functional Skills
- Ability to apply critical thinking, analyze information, and establish resolution plans
- Self-motivated; able to work independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests and to collaborate with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify quality solutions
- Strong organization; ability to prioritize tasks to meet requirements and deadlines
- Must be able to perform with a high level of accuracy under tight time constraints, execute assignments
- Ability to handle large datasets, complex GL strings, and multiple entities/currencies
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills (pivot table, vlookups, and filtering experience)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Comfortable with change and fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with Oracle ERP system a plus
All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
