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19 Nov 2024

Staff Accountant

🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Full Time
2+ years exp.

This role involves preparing and reviewing monthly financial statements, journal entries, and account reconciliations across all SEG entities: Utah Jazz, Delta Center, Utah Hockey Club, and SEG Foundation.


DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Prepare and review monthly financial statements and supplemental management reports
  • Collaborate with other departments on designing and building operational reports
  • Collaborate within the finance team as well as cross-functionally with various business units
  • Build out audit workpapers and PBC schedules to assist in multiple audits throughout the year and required league reporting
  • Support partner resources with ensuring accurate capture of data into a variety of systems
  • Execute the close process and checklist
  • Optimize process procedures and documentation
  • Prepare and review journal entries and accompanying account reconciliations
  • Autonomously record, calculate and submit all sales and use, personal property, and real property tax filings
  • Liaise with department or entity heads on financial performance, planning and analysis
  • Work with Events department on all Arena event settlements
  • Assist in collecting and understanding business plans for each new fiscal year
  • Work in office ~4 days per week
  • Be a student, be a teacher, be a leader
  • Be a good teammate, contribute positively to a winning culture, and be respectful
  • Demonstrate world-class customer service to both internal and external customers
  • Protect the reputation of the company
  • Exemplify the Utah Jazz mission and values: transparency, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy
  • Accept other duties, as assigned

COMPETENCIES:

  • Financial acumen
  • Communicates effectively
  • Action oriented
  • Collaborates

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Great communication skills
  • Organized and detail oriented
  • Entry level position for a recent college graduate or Minimum of 2 years experience in progressive roles in industry
  • Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel and accounting software
  • Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction
  • Must be able to pass a pre-employment background and drug screening

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • This person must be able to communicate and express themselves both written and verbally.
  • This person must be able to observe, inspect, estimate and assess.
  • This person must be able to sit or stand for long periods of time.
  • This person must be able to lift 20 lbs.

The Utah Jazz provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

Note: The need may arise to revise, supplement, or rescind portions of this job description, and the Utah Jazz reserves the right to do so at any time. Employees shall be required to meet the qualifications and perform the duties of any revised job description.

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