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 Zanesville, Ohio public accounting team on a full-time basis. This position is responsible for full-charge bookkeeping, payroll processing, accounting and audit support, and administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Knowledge of general accounting concepts
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications with advanced skills in Word and Excel
• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in accounting or comparable accounting and bookkeeping experience
• Experience with QuickBooks
• QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor

Benefits

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

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

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.